Horsham Lamb Market Report

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Report Date: 16th September 2026

Total Yarding: 4,100

Commentary

A drop in lamb numbers to 2,000 including approximately 1,000 young lambs and 2,100 sheep were penned for the return to weekly sales at Horsham. Quality was generally good with the regular buying group operating in mostly firm lamb market. Medium and heavy trade weight young lambs sold from $267 to $315 with the heavier weights similar and selling from $313 to $315/head. A pen of dorper lambs sold at $349/head. Old lambs now mostly smaller pens of clean up lots sold from $256 to $340/head to average 1000c/kg cwt. Merino lambs sold from $180 to $268/head and averaged 1000c/kg cwt. Feeders and restockers were active on young lambs and paid from $190 to $254 and from $177 to $210/head for lighter drafts. Sheep quality was again good covering all weights with sheep selling strongly on the light and medium weights and easier on the heavy weight crossbred ewes. Merino ewes sold to $340, wethers to $290 and rossbred ewes to $340/head.

Medium trade weight young lambs sold from $267 to $270/head to average1145c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weights sold from $284 to $315/head to average 1165c/kg cwt. Export weights sold from $313 to $315/head and averaged 1140c/kg cwt. Dorper types sold from $294 to $349/head and averaged 1165c/kg cwt. Heavy hogetts sold to $280/head.

Light sheep sold to $174/head averaging 965c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $167 to $236/head and averaged 950c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $234 to $340 with the wethers selling from $189 to $290/head and the Merino sheep averaging from 920c to 980c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred ewes sold from $229 to $340/head averaging 820c/kg cwt. Rams sold from $185 to $282/head.

Market Reporter – Graham Pymer.