Forbes Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 21st January 2025

Total Yarding: 26,500

Commentary

Numbers fell this sale with agents yarding 26500 head. There was 19100 lambs penned and quality was mixed but fair. There was a good offering of finished trade and heavyweight lambs available along with the plainer secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a market that held steady for the better types but slipped on the secondary lines.

Trade weight lambs were back $6 to $10/head with prices ranging from $140 to $200/head. Heavy lambs to 26kg sold from $198 to $223 while extra heavyweights held steady to receive $215 to $309/head. Carcase prices averaged 763 to 815c/kg. The best heavy hoggets reached $200/head.

Mutton numbers showed the decrease and quality was very mixed. Prices held up with Merino ewes selling from $57 to $155/head. Crossbreds received from $65 to $154 and Dorper ewes reached $160/head.