Horsham Lamb Market Report

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Report Date: 5th February 2025

Total Yarding: 6,000

Commentary

Overall numbers were similar this week with 4,800 lambs and 1,200 sheep penned. Quality was mixed but with several pens of excellent quality heavy lambs yarded that attracted good competition. The usual buying group attended and operated in a firm market on medium and heavy weight lambs and slightly easier on the lighter plainer types. Medium and heavy trade weight lambs sold from $175 to $212 with heavy weights selling from $240 to $270/head. Merino lambs sold from $80 to $123/head. Restockers were active paying from $123 to $154, from $26 to $124 for lighter weights and from $29 to $107 for unshorn lambs. The sheep offering covered all weights and grades with the heavy Merino ewes in a good skin attracting keen competition to be to $30/head dearer in places. Merino ewes sold to $170, crossbred ewes sold to $122/head. A few pens of very light sheep sold from $6 to $42/head.

Light trade weight lambs sold from $145 to $158/head and averaged 740c/kg cwt. Medium trade weight lambs sold from $175 to $190/head and averaged 770c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weight lambs sold from $200 to $212/head and averaged 800c/kg cwt. Export weight young lambs sold from $215 to $238/head and averaged 820c/kg cwt. Extra heavy weight lambs sold from $240 to $270/head. Hogetts sold to $110/head.

Light weight sheep sold from $45 to $86/head averaging 385c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $53 to $87/head averaging from 290c to 380c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino sheep sold from $92 to $170/head averaging from 450c to 470c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred sheep sold from $62 to $122/head averaging from 375c to 390c/kg cwt. Rams sold from $2 to $25/head.

Market Reporter – Graham Pymer.