FORBES SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT 15/04/2025
Numbers were back by 5800 for a yarding of 22450 lambs. It was a pretty good quality yarding with good numbers of well finished heavy weight lambs along with a good selection of trade weights. There were also fair numbers of lighter secondary lambs mixed throughout. Most of the usual buyers were operating with the […]
FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 14/04/2025
Numbers lifted this sale with agents yarding 2517 head. Quality continues to be mixed with some good lines of well bred cattle offered along with the secondary lines. The usual buyers were present and competing in a mostly easier market. Yearling steers were the exception lifting 5 to 10c/kg to sell from 343 to 438c/kg […]
FORBES SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT 08/04/2025
Numbers jumped this sale with both lamb and mutton showing the increase. Lamb quality was again mixed and similar to that of previous sales with good numbers of well finished lambs offered along with the secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a fairly steady market. Trade weight lambs 20-24kg were firm […]
FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 07/04/2025
Numbers lifted this sale with agents yarding 2121 head. Quality was mixed with a good offering of well bred cattle along with a large percentage of secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a mostly dearer market. Yearling steers were 10 to 15c/kg better with feeders paying from 340 to 457c/kg for […]
FORBES SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT 01/04/2025
Numbers fell this sale with agents yarding 30100 head. There was 23,400 lambs penned and quality was fair with some good lines of trade and heavyweights penned along with the secondary lines. The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market. Trade weight lambs 20-24kg lifted $15/head to sell from $170 to $225/head. […]
FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 31/03/2025
Numbers remained steady this sale and quality was fair. There was good numbers of well bred cattle on offer along with the secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market. Yearling steers to processors were 10c better to sell from 325c to 397c/kg. Unfinished lines to feed were 15c better […]
FORBES SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT 25/03/2025
Numbers fell this sale with agents yarding 36700 head. Lamb numbers decreased to 29,400 and quality was very mixed. There was a handy offering of well finished and shaped trade and heavyweight lambs penned along with an increased offering of secondary types. There was an extra buyer present and competing in a market that was […]
FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 24/03/2025
Numbers fell this sale with agents yarding 1236 head. Quality was mixed but fair with some good lines of well bred cattle offered along with the secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a mostly dearer market. Yearling steers to feed were firm 5c dearer to sell from 355 to 405c/kg. Finished […]
FORBES SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT 18/03/2025
Numbers jumped this sale with agents drawing from 43700 head. Lamb increased to 31400 though quality was very mixed and reduced from the previous sale. There was some handy lines of trade and heavyweights penned along with an increased offering of plainer secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in an erratic but […]
FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 17/03/2025
Numbers jumped this sale with agents yarding 2130head. Quality was very mixed with some handy lines of well bred cattle penned along with the plainer and secondary lines. Yearlings made up the majority of the yarding. The was an extra buyers present and competing in a firm to dearer market. Yearling steers to feed lifted […]