CTLX Carcoar Sheep Report

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Report Date: 15th July 2026

Total Yarding: 7,500

Commentary

Lamb supply was down slightly and quality was good across the finished trade and heavy weights, while the remainder of the yarding tended to be mixed. There were mainly trade and heavy weight lambs penned along with some Merino and store lambs suitable for the restockers. All the buyers were operating and competition was softer with the market selling to a cheaper trend.

Lighter lambs to the processors sold from $242 to $262 while stores sold from $170 to $263/head. Medium and heavy trade weight lambs were $7 to $15/head cheaper and averaged from 1200c to 1250c/kg cwt. Heavy trades 23 to 24kg sold from $272 to $310/head.

Heavy weight lambs were around $10 to $15/head easier and averaged 1130c to 1215c/kg cwt. Heavy weight lambs sold from $300 to $324 while extra heavies sold from $315 to $370/head.

Mutton numbers were down a little and quality was quite varied with prices holding steady. Medium weight first cross ewes sold from $179 to $215 while heavy weight first cross ewes sold from $252 to $300/head averaging 980c/kg cwt.