Deniliquin Sheep Report

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Report Date: 25th March 2025

Total Yarding: 3,950

Commentary

Smallest yarding for some weeks with less than 4000 head yarded. Each agent had just a few pens of well presented fed lambs before the offering quickly dropped off into plainer and smaller clean-up lots. Any quality and well presented trade to heavy lambs were well supported and were dearer, trending above 800c/kg to match recent markets. But overall price results were affected by the mixed lots and limited volumes sold. The secondary lambs sold at a discount to the lead runs.

There was no export lambs over 30kg cwt on offer. The opening pens $212 to a top of $240/head. The general run of medium mixed quality trades from $156 to $188/head. Merino lambs sold to $170/head. There was a big range in breed quality and type across the lambs under 20kg cwt. Best pens with frame $133 to $146; smaller lambs varied from $60 to $112/head. A run of light Merino lambs in the MK category sold from $98 to $112/head.

The sheep sale was cheaper, the limited offering and plainer quality factors in the outcome. A small penlot of heavy Merino ewes in wool topped at $144/head while crossbreds sold to $129/head. Most sheep with reasonable frame and cover from $70 to $120/head.

Market reporter: Jenny Kelly