Dubbo Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 13th January 2025

Total Yarding: 20,870

Commentary

Numbers were back by 2000 for a yarding of 9880 lambs. It was a very mixed yarding with only odd pens of heavy weights and there were fair numbers of trade weights. There were larger numbers of secondary lambs mixed throughout the yarding. A full field of buyers were in attendance and operating.

Lightweight lambs to the processors were $6 cheaper with the 2 score lambs under 18kg selling from $85 to $135/head. Trade lambs were up to $6 cheaper with the 18kg to 24kg lambs selling from $135 to $215/head. Heavy weight lambs were up to $5 cheaper with the 24kg to 30kg lambs selling from $204 to $265 while the extra heavy weights over 30kg sold to $290/head. The restockers were active on suitable lambs with the better types selling from $130 to $135 while very light and young lambs to the restockers sold from $26 to $60/head. Crossbred hoggets sold to $210 and Merino hoggets sold to $175/head.

Most grades were represented in a yarding of 10990 mutton where the best of the sheep were firm and the secondary and plainer types were $5 cheaper. Merino ewes sold from $46 to $170 while heavy crossbred ewes sold to $159/head. Merino wethers sold from $65 to $152/head. Very heavy crossbred wethers sold to $182/head

Report produced by David Monk