CVLX Ballarat Sheep Report

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Report Date: 7th April 2026

Total Yarding: 22,600

Commentary

Lamb numbers were similar at 19,500 and there were 3,100 sheep penned today at Ballarat following the Easter break. Quality was again very good with an excellent selection of both extra heavy and trade weighted lambs on offer. Lambs sold to strong competition on the medium and heavy trade weighted lambs to be similar with the extra heavy weights selling a few dollars easier. Medium and heavy trade weighted lambs sold from $268 to $325 with the extra heavy weights selling from $345 to $460/head. Best of the dorper types sold to $342/head with a few pens of unshorn lambs reaching $332/head. Merino lambs sold to $284/head. Feeders and restockers were very active with extra orders from the North East operating. Lambs sold from $198 to $297, the lighter weights from $125 to $230/head. The sheep offering covered all weights and grades and saw sheep selling to very strong demand as processors vie for a share. Sheep sold at times above 1000c/kg to be dearer by $10 to $20/head and more in places. Merino ewes sold to $269, Merino wethers to $284, crossbred ewes reached a top of $364 and a small pen of heavy crossbred wethers sold at $355/head.

Light trade weight lambs sold from $259 to $270/head to average 1240c/kg cwt. Medium trade weight lambs sold from $268 to $317/head and averged 1220c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weight lambs sold from $290 to $325/head and averaged 1200c/kg cwt. Export weight lambs sold from $300 to $358/head and averaged 1200c/kg cwt. Extra heavy lambs sold from $345 to $460/head to average 1080c/kg cwt. Heavy hogetts sold to $344/head.

Light sheep sold from $113 to $186/head and averaged 900c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $163 to $268/head with Merino mutton averaging 905c and the crossbreds selling at 835c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino sheep sold from $222 to $269 with the wethers selling from $165 to $284/head, the Merino sheep ranged from 925c to 960c/kg cwt. Crossbred ewes sold from $200 to $364/head averaging 880c/kg cwt. Rams sold from $47 to $1290/head.

Market Reporter – Graham Pymer.