Horsham Lamb Market Report

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Report Date: 14th May 2025

Total Yarding: 6,350

Commentary

A lift in lamb numbers to 5,000 including 1,400 Merino lambs and 1,350 sheep were yarded at Horsham this week. Quality continues to be good over the fed lambs with several pens of heavy lambs presenting in excellent condition. Most of the regular buying group attended and operated in a firm market on the light and medium weight lambs with the heavier weights selling to $10/head up on last week. The medium and heavy trade weight lambs sold from $183 to $218 with the heavy lambs selling from $254 to $274/head. The best of the Merino lambs sold from $145 to $195/head and averaged from 700c to 730c/kg cwt. Some excellent pens of heavy dorper cross lambs were yarded selling from $156 to $271/head and averaging 805c to 825c/kg cwt. Restockers and feeders were active paying from $146 to $198, and from $34 to $136/head for lighter weights. They paid from $136 to $180 for dorper cross lambs and paid from $139 to $161/head for some big runs of joined Merino ewes. The sheep offering covered all weights and sold to the regular buying group at easier levels on the Merino sheep, back $10 to $20/head, but with the heavy crossbred sheep selling to $10/head stronger in places. Merino ewes sold to $179, heavy crossbred ewes sold to $195/head. Rams made to 70/head.

Light weight lambs sold from $140 to $161/head and averaged 830c/kg cwt. Light trade weight lambs sold from $161 to $184/head to average 830c/kg cwt. Medium trade weight lambs sold from $183 to $206/head to average 820c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weight lambs sold from $210 to $218/head and averaged 840c/kg cwt. Export weights sold from $222 to $252/head and averaged 825c/kg cwt. Extra heavy weight lambs sold from $254 to $274/head. Merino hogetts sold to $164/head.

Light sheep sold from $30 to $79/head with the Merino mutton selling at 410c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $90 to $128/head to average 475c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino sheep sold from $133 to $179/head ranging from 520c to 535c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred ewes sold from $130 to $195/head ranging from 430c to 500c/kg cwt.

Market Reporter- Graham Pymer.