Muchea Sheep Report

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Report Date: 1st September 2026

Total Yarding: 4,524

Commentary

It was a lighter sale this week as old season lamb supplies fall away and less than 500 new season lambs were offered in the yarding while older sheep numbers remained at around 2500/head. Although mutton was presented with more weight this week, values remained equal to last week’s price ranges regardless of the extra weight. The buyer gallery was attended by the usual processors and limited restockers as most categories of lambs remained firm with the exception of heavier old season lambs easing slightly.
New Season store lambs ranged from $120 to $180 while light lambs made $182 to $190/head. Trade weights returned $220 to $255 and heavy lambs from $240 to $273/head.
While there were some reasonable drafts of old season lambs there were again, many pens containing 1 to 5 head and overall ranged from $60 up to $172 while light lambs sold from $153 to $207/head to remain firm on last week. Heavier old season lambs eased slightly with trade weights selling from $180 to $234 while heavy lambs returned $246 to $280/head
Few Merino wether hoggets were presented with stores selling from $120 to $180 while heavier frames sold to a top of $260/head. There were even less Merino ewe hoggets and were all in store condition selling from $164 to $209/head. Crossbred hoggets returned $170 to $228 and younger rams sold to a top of $180/head.
Light plain ewes sold from $100 to $151 while boning ewes were making $160 to $190/head. Medium weights returned $172 to $240 and heavy ewes sold to a top of $260/head. Heavy wethers ranged from $200 to $260 while mature rams sold from $120 to $180/head.
Terry Birkin MLA.