FORBES SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT 05/11/2024

FORBES SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT 05/11/2024

Total Yarding : 27895

Lamb numbers eased and there were around 6400 new season lambs offered. The quality was back in the new season run with a plainer and lighter offering that was drier. Old lambs were also lighter and plainer with heavy weights in short supply. Shorn short skinned lambs attracted a lot of attention from buyers while longer skinned lambs were discounted. The market sold to cheaper trends with most falling $10 to $15/head. Shorn new season lambs and shorn old lambs with weight were firm to $5 dearer but numbers were limited on those lambs.

New season store lambs sold from $64 to $139/head and trade weights back to the paddock reached $160/head. trade lambs ranged from $135 to $196 and heavy weights $196 to $223/head. Most averaged from 790c to 830c/kg.

Old trade lambs were mixed in quality and sold from $114 to $178 with shorn lambs selling upto $207/head. The woolly old lambs sold between 600c and 730c while the shorn lambs 800c to 850c/kg. Heavy weights ranged from $186 to $231 and extra heavy lambs $244 to $276/head with old and new season shorn lambs ranging from 800c to 860c/kg. Heavy Merinos were firm on reduced numbers and sold from $171 to $218/head or 680c/kg.

Mutton numbers lifted and the quality was good with plenty of medium and heavy mutton. Prices were firm to $8 dearer with the medium weight ewes selling from $48 to $95 and heavy crossbred ewes reached $131/head. The best of the Merino ewes reached $136/head and most mutton ranged between 320c and 380c/kg.