Corowa Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 20th January 2025

Total Yarding: 12,980

Commentary

Agents penned similar numbers overall with 1440 less sheep and 1820 additional lambs. Quality and weight lifted across the export lamb category with most trade lambs of plainer quality, shorn lambs making up the larger portion of the sale. Fewer buyers were present operating in a mostly cheaper market.

New season lambs were very mixed in quality and numbers continue to decline week on week. Heavy trade lambs were $15 to $20 softer selling between $174 and $192/head.
Shorn heavy trade lambs were well supplied but few well finished types offered lambs selling over a big price spread between $162 and $219/head. These averaged 790c/kg cwt with some isolated sales up to 854c/kg cwt. Heavy lambs eased $6 making between $215 and $240/head. Extra heavy export types jumped $20 due to additional weight on offer, lambs selling between $253 and $283/head averaging 792c/kg cwt. Light lambs to the processor sold between $90 and $158/head with restockers operating between $40 and $150/head.

Mutton trends were $10 to $20 softer with extra heavy Merino ewes slipping $16 to $20 making between $105 and $145/head to average 360c/kg cwt and Crossbreds up to $118/head. Trade sheep softened $14 selling between $66 and $100/head.