Forbes Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 3rd December 2024

Total Yarding: 2,650

Commentary

A wet and windy sale day offered a larger and plainer offering of lambs. The quality was back with a larger run of light and plainer lambs and there were not as many good shorn trade and heavy weights. Extra heavy lambs were again limited and there were fewer Merinos. Heavy shorn new season lambs were again the strongest lambs but overall the market sold to a cheaper trend with most lambs slipping $6 to $10/head.

New season trade lambs went against the trend lifting $3 to $4 and sold mostly from $164 to $208/head averaging 800c to 830c/kg.

Shorn trade lambs ranged from $150 to $210/head and most ranged from 780c to 830c with the shorn new season lambs up to 870c/kg. Heavy weights ranged from $202 to $267 and extra heavy lambs topped at $290/head and averaged 880c/kg with exporters looking for numbers. Merino trades sold from $121 to $151/head. Heavy Merino lambs reached a top of $265/head. The best of the hoggets reached $209/head and most lifted $6 to $7/head.

Mutton numbers fell and the quality was good with plenty of heavy weights offered. Medium weights were firm on limited numbers while heavy mutton lifted around $10 to $15/head. Crossbreds sold to $167, Dorper ewes $170 and Merino wethers $171.20/head and most ranged from 380c to 450c/kg cwt.