Dubbo Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 18th August 2025

Total Yarding: 47,600

Commentary

The lambs keep rolling in with numbers lifting by 8500 for a yarding of 36730 lambs. It was a fair to good quality yarding with good numbers of both trade and heavy weights throughout. There were also large numbers of Merino lambs yarded with Merinos responsible for almost half of the number drawn for. Most of the usual buyers were operating except for the southern export processor still closed for maintenance.

Lightweight lambs to the processors were $8 cheaper with the 12kg to 18kg 2 scores selling from $120 to $185/head. Trade weight new season lambs finished firm selling from $220 to $290 to average 1170c/kg cwt. Trade weight old lambs were firm to $6 cheaper with the 20kg to 24kg lambs selling from $185 to $277/head to average between 1050c and 1150c/kg cwt. Heavy weight lambs to 30kg were $8 cheaper while the extra heavy weights were firm. The 24kg to 30kg lambs sold from $204 to $368 while the extra heavy weights over 30kg sold from $330 to $477/head to equal the centre record. New season lambs over 24kg sold from $290 to $332/head to average 1180c/kg cwt. Merino lambs finished firm to $6 dearer with trade weights selling from $180 to $275 while heavy weight Merino sold to $320head. Lambs to the restockers sold from $48 to $208 and hoggets sold to $319/head.
Most grades were represented in a yarding of 10870 mutton where most grades were $10 to $15/head cheaper. Merino ewes sold from $40 to $270 while crossbred ewes sold from $99 to $240/head. Merino wethers sold from $142 to $288/head with most sheep averaging between 700c and 760c/kg cwt.
Report produced by David Monk