Horsham Lamb Market Report

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Report Date: 14th December 2025

Total Yarding: 3,150

Commentary

Both lamb and sheep supply halved on the last 2025 sale with 2,500 lambs and 650 sheep penned, following a tough week for local communities. Quality was mixed with heavy lambs in short supply. Not all the regular buying group attended or operated fully. Lambs sold to steady demand with a large percentage going to feeders and restockers. The Medium and heavy shorn trade weight lambs sold from $232 to $242 with heavier weights selling from $250 to $330/head. Unshorn young lambs sold from $170 to $300/head. Restockers and feeders were active and paid from $136 to $231 for shorn lambs and from $80 to $126/head for lighter weights. They paid from $104 to $215 for unshorn lambs and from $140 to $150/head for dorper cross lambs. They paid from $110 to $190/head for several runs of shorn Merino lambs. The smaller sheep offering sold to a limited buying group at similar levels. Merino ewes sold to $208, Merino wethers made to $218 and crossbred ewes sold to $230/head.

Medium trade weight shorn lambs sold from $232 to $242/head and averaged $1010c/kg cwt. Export weights sold from $250 to $306/head to average 1020c/kg cwt. Heavy weights sold to $330/head. The best of the unshorn lambs sold to $300/head and averaged 1015c/kg cwt. Merino lambs made to $170/head at 935c/kg cwt. Hogetts sold to $265/head.

Medium weight sheep sold from $155 to $180/head averaging 750c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $194 to $208, the wethers sold from $180 to $218/head, the Merino sheep averaging from 740c to 780c/kg cwt. Crossbred ewes sold from $170 to $230/head. Rams sold to $70/head.

Market Reporter – Graham Pymer.