Horsham Lamb Market Report

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Report Date: 24th April  2024

Total Yarding: 6,300

Commentary

Lamb supply was similar with 5,550 penned including 1,200 Merino lambs. Quality was again mostly good with a good representation of heavy weight lambs penned. The usual buying group attended and operated in a dearer lamb market, to $10/head up on last week and more on select lots. The medium and heavy trade weight lambs sold from $142 to $170 with extra heavy weight lambs selling from $205 to $232/head. Restocker’s were active paying from $60 to $150, from $31 to $72 for lighter weights and paid to $31/head for Merino lambs. Merino lambs mostly sold from $87 to $126/head and averaged 520c/kg cwt. Just 750 sheep were penned, the quality covered all weights with sheep selling similar to last week’s levels on the light and medium weight sheep with heavier weights selling to $10/head dearer in places. Merino wethers sold to $66, Merino ewes sold to $103 with crossbred ewes selling to $80/head.

Light lambs sold from $40 to 103/head. Light trade weight lambs sold from $116 to $144/head averaging 630c/kg cwt. Medium weight lambs sold from $142 to $151/head and averaged 620c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weight lambs sold from $150 to $170/head and averaged 625c/kg cwt. Export weight lambs sold from $178 to $205/head and averaged 645c/kg cwt. Extra heavy weight lambs sold from $205 to $232/head and averaged 635c/kg cwt.

Light sheep sold from $28 to $32/head and averaged 150c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $32 to $58/head with the Merino ewes averaging 220c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino’s ewes sold from $70 to $103, the wethers sold to $66/head, heavy Merino sheep ranged from 250c to 270c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred ewes sold from $50 to $80/head averaging 180c to 185c/kg cwt. Rams sold to $4/head.

Markets Reporter – Graham Pymer.