CTLX Carcoar Sheep Report

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Report Date: 24th July 2024

Total Yarding: 9,472

Commentary

Numbers lifted by 1660 for a yarding of 7195 lambs. Quality was mixed with the majority of the yarding consisting of light store lambs and trade weights along with a few pens of heavy lambs. Not all the regular buyers were present, and the market sold $20 to $30 cheaper across most grades.

Lightweight processing lambs to 18kg were $15 to $20 cheaper, $58 to $141/head. Trade lambs 20kg to 24Kg fell $25, $165 to $194/head, averaging 750c to 800c/kg cwt. Heavy lambs were $30 cheaper, 24Kg to 26kg lambs sold from $195 to $210 and lambs over 26kg, $215 to $260/head to average between 790c and 810c/kg cwt. The best hoggets reached $185/head.

There was 2277 mixed quality mutton yarded with prices falling $20 to $25. Merino ewes sold from $50 to $145 and crossbred ewes $38 to $140/head. Most averaged between 380c and 430c/kg cwt.

Market reporter, Angus Williams