Cowra Sheep Report

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Report Date: 26th March 2025

Total Yarding: 3,360

Commentary

Numbers declined and quality improved with an increase in well finished supplementary fed lambs. There were mainly trade and an increase in heavy weights while store lambs were very limited in supply. All the buyers were operating along with one extra and competition was good resulting in a firm to dearer market.

Light lambs to the processors sold from $130 to $146 up $3/head. Medium and heavy trade weight lambs were firm to $3/head dearer and averaged from 750c to 780c/kg cwt. The heavy trade sold from $173 to $188/head.

Heavy weight lambs were firm to slightly stronger and averaged 770c to 790c/kg cwt. Heavy weight lambs sold from $192 to $207 while extra heavy weights sold from $212 to $266.20/head.

Mutton numbers remained steady and prices held firm with quality quite good. Heavy first cross ewes sold from $92 to $180 averaging 360c to 470c while heavy Merino ewes sold from $124 to $169 and averaged 450c/kg cwt.