Dubbo Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 24th February 2025

Total Yarding: 27,640

Commentary

Another fine week weather wise combined with the solid markets kept numbers rolling in with a yarding of 13790 lambs. It was a very good quality yarding with some top runs of well finished heavy weight lambs along with odd pens of neat trade weights both crossbreds and exotics. Merino lambs were very limited.

Lightweight lambs to the processors were firm to $4 dearer with the 12kg to 18kg 2 scores selling from $93 to $116/head. Lighter trade lambs were $8 cheaper while the heavier trade weights around firm. The 20kg to 24kg lambs sold from $134 to $217/head to average between 740c and 820c/kg cwt. Heavy weight lambs were $8 dearer with the 24kg to 30kg lambs selling from $195 to $255 to average 840c/kg while the lambs over 30kg sold from $252 to $288/head to average 825c/kg cwt. Merino lambs were firm with trade weights selling to $134/head. Lambs to the restockers were also firm selling from $114 to $134/head. Hoggets sold to $190/head.

There were some outstanding sheep along with fair numbers of plainer types in a yarding of 13850 mutton where most grades finished firm. Merino ewes sold from $32 to $145 while crossbred ewes sold from $71 to $160/head. Merino wethers sold from $85 to $187/head with most of the better sheep averaging from 380c to 430c/kg cwt.

Report produced by David Monk