Dubbo Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 31st March 2025

Total Yarding: 9,460

Commentary

With good falls of rain in nearly all districts’ numbers fell by 13500 for a yarding of 5910 lambs. For the lambs that were yarded it was a mostly good quality yarding with some excellent heavy weight lambs along with odd pens of neat trade weights. There were limited numbers of Merino lambs penned. It was a real wet weather market.

Lightweight lambs to the processors were $8 dearer with the 12kg to 18kg 2 scores selling from $82 to $138/head. Trade lambs were up to $30 dearer with the 20kg to 24kg lambs selling from $162 to $233/head to average between 800c and 890c/kg cwt. Heavy weight lambs were up to $35 dearer with the 24kg to 30kg lambs selling from $213 to $260 to average between 870c and 910c/kg cwt. Lambs over 30kg sold from $256 to $301/head. The few Merino lambs were $14 dearer with trade weights selling from $115 to $160/head. Lambs to the restocker were also dearer selling from $35 to $106/head. Hoggets sold to $207/head.

Numbers were back by 11000 for a mixed yarding of 3550 mutton where most grades were $15 to $20/head dearer. Merino ewes sold from $66 to $167 while crossbred ewes sold from $92 to $199/head. White Dorper ewes sold to $193 and Merino wethers sold from $90 to $130 with most of the better sheep averaging between 485c and 545c/kg cwt.

Report produced by David Monk