Cowra Sheep Report

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Report Date: 22nd January 2025

Total Yarding: 4,550

Commentary

Lamb numbers lifted by 300 for a yarding of 3750. Quality was good with plenty of neat trade and heavyweights on offer, along with a few pens of light store lambs. All the regular buyers were present, and the market sold to a cheaper trend.

Lightweight processing lambs to 18kg were slightly dearer and sold to $135/head. Trade weights 20kg to 24Kg sold $15 cheaper, $160 to $195/head, averaging between 730c and 790c/kg cwt. Heavy weights were down $10, lambs to 30kg selling from $201 to $256, and extra heavies over 30kg ranged from $248 to $268/head, to average 810c to 830c/kg cwt. Heavy hoggets reached $147/head.

There was 800 good quality mutton yarded, and prices eased $5 to $10. Heavy crossbred ewes selling to $127 to average 370c/kg cwt.

Market reporter, Angus Williams