CTLX Carcoar Sheep Report

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Report Date: 16th September 2026

Total Yarding: 4,438

Commentary

Numbers lifted slightly as producers move further into spring and pastures improve. Quality was fair to good with 1400 new season lambs in the offering. Old lambs were fair to very good. All the usual buyers made it to the sale and demand was weaker than the previous maret.

New season trade fetched from $222 to $285 to average 1190c/kg cwt. the lighter weights sold to restockers at $233/head. Old trade lambs made from $208 to $285 averaging 119c/kg cwt. Heavy old Export lambs were scarce selling from $290 to $380/head. Lambs over 30kg cwt averaged 1134c/kg cwt.

There was a very good yarding of mutton offered and the bulk were heavy crossbred ewes. Competition was weaker over all categories . Heavy ewes made from $226 to $328 to average 825c/kg cwt. Trade types were few making from $144 to $211/head. A few drafts of shorn wethers sold from $235-$245/head.

CTLX Carcoar Sheep Report

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Report Date: 19th August 2026

Total Yarding: 4,855

Commentary

Lamb supply remained steady and quality was very good for the well finished lines along with the plainer lambs lacking condition throughout. There were mostly trade and heavy weights penned, the light grades were limited with a few new season stores suitable for the restockers. All the buyers were operating along with an extra and competition was solid on the trade and softer on the heavy end.

Medium and heavy trade weight lambs were $2 to $5/head dearer and averaged from 1190c to 1200c/kg cwt. Heavy trade sold from $273 to $288/head.

Heavy weight lambs were firm to $7/head cheaper and averaged 1100c to 1160c/kg cwt. Heavy weight lambs sold from $291 to $312 while extra heavies sold from $312 to $354.20/head.

Mutton numbers increased and quality was varied with some goo heavy sheep offered and prices eased around$10/head. Heavy first cross ewes sold from $195 to $290/head or 780c to 815c/kg cwt.