Naracoorte Sheep Market Report

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Report Date: 27th May 2025

Total Yarding: 6,965

Commentary

Lamb supply nearly halved with 4,764 head yarded, along with 2,201 sheep this week at Naracoorte. Quality was good over the lead pens and dropped away to smaller plainer types. The usual buying group attended plus some extra competition and they operated very strongly in a much dearer market,up at times by $20 to $30/head. A pen of donated lambs sold on behalf of the Beyond Blue Foundation at $600/head. Medium and heavy trade weight lambs sold from $218 to $264/head with the heavy weight lambs selling from $292 to $372/head. Merino lambs mostly sold from $133 to $240/head, with the dorper lambs selling from $198 to $280/head. Restockers and feeders were active paying from $1456 to $191 and from $87 to $166 for lighter weights. The sheep penning was similar and covered all weights, with sheep also selling to an active buying group at levels $20 to $30/head up on last week. Merino ewes sold to $238 with the crossbred ewes selling to $218/head.

Lightweight lambs sold from $143 to $158/head and averaged 1040c/kg cwt. Light trade weight lambs sold from $185 to $218/head to average 1020c/kg cwt. Medium trade weight lambs sold from $218 to $245/head and averaged 980c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weight lambs sold from $240 to $264/head and averaged 980c/kg cwt. Export weights sold from $224 to $301/head to also average 980c/kg cwt. Extra heavy weight lambs sold from $292 to $372/head. Hogetts sold to $242/head.

Light sheep sold from $43 to $128/head. Medium weight sheep sold from $109 to $176/head with the Merino mutton averaging 650c and the crossbreds 590c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino sheep sold from $156 to $238/head and ranged from 610c to 650c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred sheep sold from $133 to $218/head ranging from 560c to 580c/kg cwt. Rams sold from $45 to $64/head.

Market Reporter – Graham Pymer.