Horsham Lamb Report

Lamb numbers were back at 4,300 and 1,850 sheep were yarded at Horsham this week. Quality was mostly good but with more lambs suiting feeders and restockers. The regular buying group attended and operated in a mixed market with heavy lambs selling similar and trade weighted lambs easing from $10 to $15/head in places. The medium and heavy trade weighted lambs lambs sold from $242 to $266 with the heavier weights selling from $286 to $325/head. Merino lambs sold mostly from $190 to $260/head to average 970c/kg cwt. The best of the old lambs sold from $264 to $298/head. Aussie white and dorper types sold from $286 to $324/head. Feeders and restockers were active and paid from $202 to $265 for lambs with lighter weights selling from $150 to $209/head. Sheep quality was again good with sheep selling to keen demand to be dearer on the quality Merino ewes and a few dollars easier on heavy crossbred ewes. Merino ewes sold to $288 and crossbreds sold to $282/head.

Light trade weight young lambs sold to $239/head to average 1065c/kg cwt. Medium trade weight lambs sold from $242 to $260/head and averaged 1050c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weight lambs sold from $261 to $266/head to average 1035c/kg cwt. Export weights sold from $286 to $325/head to average 1070c/kg cwt. Hogetts sold to $290/head.

Light weight sheep sold from $100 to $155/head to average 800c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $160 to $246/head and averaged 880c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $226 to $288/head and ranged from 880c to 920c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred ewes sold from $203 to $282/head and ranged from 725c to 750c/kg cwt. Rams sold to $220/head.

Market Reporter - Grham Pymer.