Cootamundra Sheep Report

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Report Date: 31st January 2024

Total Yarding: 1700 (+850) | Sheep Yarding: 700 (+280) | Lamb Yarding: 1000 (+570)

After 93 years of operation Cootamundra sale yards is closing. Decreasing numbers and infrastructure upgrades has made agents and council decided to make today the last sale. Around 1000 fair to good quality lambs were offered and there were several very good runs of trade and heavy weight lambs were penned. Lighter store were limited and there were a few medium and heavy weight hoggets. The core group of buyers were operating and there was a larger than usual gallery looking on. The market lifted slightly on the trade weights with an extra buyer working on these weights and cheaper on the heavy lambs.

The few store sold to $22/head. Medium and heavy trade lambs lifted and ranged from $134 to $176/head averaging 680c to 730c/kg cwt. Heavy weights sold from $175 to $206/head. Hoggets reached $125/head.

Mutton numbers were similar and the quality was good. Prices around $10 stronger on the medium and heavy weights. Medium weight ewes sold from $55 to $65/head. Heavy crossbreds ranged from $90 to $110 and Merinos reached $112/head. The better mutton averaged 320c to 340c/kg cwt.

						$/head				Carcass weight (c/kg)
Category	Weight Range	Sale Prefix	Fat Score	Head	Change	Min	Max	Avg	Change	Min	Max	Avg	Change	Min Skin ($)	Max Skin ($)
Ewe	14.1-18	Dorper	3	4	NQ	$55	$55	$55	NQ	306	306	306	NQ	0	0
		Merino	3	11	NQ	$65	$65	$65	NQ	312	312	312	NQ	12	12
	18.1-24	1st Cross	2	6	-10	$75	$75	$75	$33	348	348	348	137	2	2
			3	15	-1	$75	$78	$76	$26	304	332	318	80	2	2
		Merino	2	18	NQ	$60	$60	$60	NQ	300	300	300	NQ	0	0
			3	36	14	$88	$108	$94	$22	343	400	360	75	16	16
	24.1-30	1st Cross	3	51	29	$82	$96	$88	$13	320	362	330	46	2	2
			4	13	-14	$90	$90	$90	$10	321	321	321	36	0	0
		Dorper	3	9	NQ	$78	$78	$78	NQ	289	289	289	NQ	0	0
			4	18	NQ	$82	$82	$82	NQ	304	304	304	NQ	0	0
		Merino	3	8	-31	$80	$80	$80	-$10	272	272	272	-28	12	12
			4	76	NQ	$112	$112	$112	NQ	348	348	348	NQ	18	18
	30.1+	1st Cross	4	85	78	$90	$110	$101	$4	220	318	294	0	0	2
		Dorper	4	14	NQ	$98	$98	$98	NQ	306	306	306	NQ	0	0
Hogget	0-22	Dorper	3	14	NQ	$78	$78	$78	NQ	355	355	355	NQ	0	0
		Merino	3	11	NQ	$80	$80	$80	NQ	320	320	320	NQ	16	16
	22.1+	Dorper	4	14	NQ	$85	$85	$85	NQ	283	283	283	NQ	0	0
		Merino	3	30	NQ	$85	$103	$101	NQ	288	379	367	NQ	12	16
			4	89	NQ	$125	$125	$125	NQ	419	419	419	NQ	16	16
		Processor	3	9	-11	$111	$111	$111	$26	463	463	463	117	0	0
			4	16	11	$100	$122	$117	$27	313	339	332	-20	0	0
Lamb	0-12	Restocker Dorper	2	3	NQ	$25	$25	$25	NQ	208	208	208	NQ	0	0
	16.1-18	Dorper	2	25	NQ	$110	$110	$110	NQ	647	647	647	NQ	0	0
		Processor	2	30	-7	$106	$106	$106	$25	612	612	612	170	2	2
	18.1-20	Dorper	3	35	NQ	$121	$121	$121	NQ	605	605	605	NQ	0	0
	20.1-22	Dorper	2	18	NQ	$115	$115	$115	NQ	548	548	548	NQ	0	0
			3	43	NQ	$134	$134	$134	NQ	609	609	609	NQ	0	0
		Processor	3	78	44	$117	$144	$131	-$20	557	655	600	-77	0	2
	22.1-24	Processor	3	137	NQ	$142	$174	$160	NQ	617	725	677	NQ	0	1
			4	48	NQ	$176	$176	$176	NQ	729	729	729	NQ	1	1
	24.1-26	Dorper	3	119	NQ	$164	$164	$164	NQ	656	656	656	NQ	0	0
		Processor	3	9	NQ	$175	$175	$175	NQ	700	700	700	NQ	0	0
			4	167	161	$190	$196	$193	$23	731	754	739	85	0	2
	26.1-30	Processor	4	217	113	$189	$206	$195	-$23	653	714	688	-32	0	2
Ram	0-26	Dorper	2	1	NQ	$10	$10	$10	NQ	39	39	39	NQ	0	0
	26.1+	1st Cross	3	9	NQ	$10	$10	$10	NQ	15	29	23	NQ	0	2
		Merino	3	11	NQ	$20	$20	$20	NQ	52	52	52	NQ	6	6
Ram Lamb	18.1-24	Merino	3	58	46	$30	$30	$30	-$5	100	100	100	-44	6	6
Wether	24.1-30	Dorper	4	3	NQ	$71	$71	$71	NQ	284	284	284	NQ	0	0
Young Lamb	0-12	Restocker	1	3	NQ	$22	$22	$22	NQ	275	275	275	NQ	0	0

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