CTLX Carcoar Sheep Report

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Report Date: 23rd April 2025

Total Yarding: 6,930

Commentary

Numbers eased by 1584 for a yarding of 4500 lambs. Quality remains mixed with mostly lightweight store lambs penned, along with good runs of trade weights and limited heavy lambs. All the regular buyers were working.

Lightweight processing lambs to 18kg gained $6, selling from $75 to $150/head. Trade weights 20kg to 24kg were $5 dearer, they sold from $168 to $215/head, averaging between 810c and 870c/kg cwt. Heavy lambs over 24kg also lifted $5, selling to $228, and heavy hoggets reached $160/head.

There was 2430 mixed quality mutton yarded, and prices lifted around $15. Merino ewes sold from $80 to $138, and crossbred ewes, $83 to $216/head. Merino wethers sold from $110 to $175, and crossbred rams sold to $55/head. Most sold in the range of 500c to 540c/kg cwt.

Market reporter, Angus Williams