Muchea Sheep Report

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Report Date: 15th April 2025

Total Yarding: 13,133

Commentary

Numbers were back to just over 13000 today dropping by almost 3500 head. The sale had ballpark 4000 lambs, 5000 ewes and around 3500 hoggets and rams. Most categories of lambs were back $5/7 while mutton remained firm and rams were in demand from Live export and processors gaining $15/20/head.

There were a lot of plain very light lambs in the yarding today selling from $5 to $20 while better framed Store lambs eased $5/7 making from $30 up to $100/head. light lambs were also back $5 selling from $80 to $114 and trade lambs were cheaper by $7/10 selling from $98 to $140/head. Most heavy lambs returned $121 to $181 with one exceptional pen realizing $221 at an estimated 35kg cwt.

Store Merino wether hoggets were making $40 to $70 and heavier wethers from $80 to $132/head. Plain Merino ewe hoggets returned $30 to $60 and better ewe hoggets from $65 to $116/head. heavy Crossbred hoggets ranged from $88 to $125 and younger rams sold to a top of $180/head.

Boner ewes were making $40 to $97 while medium ewes returned $90 to $127 and heavy ewes sold up to $131/head. Heavy wethers made $100 to $130 while mature rams were sought after making from $35 to $120/head

Terry Birkin MLA.