Naracoorte Sheep Market Report

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Report Date: 26th May 2026

Total Yarding: 3,789

Commentary

Supply doubled with 3,303 lambs and 756 sheep yarded this week. Quality ranged from average to good with several pens of heavy lambs yarded. Most of the regular buying group attended and operated in a generally dearer market with lambs selling $10 to $20/head up on last week and more in places. Medium and heavy trade weight lambs sold from $258 to $308 with the heavy weights selling from $331 to $385/head. Merino lambs sold to the trade from $180 to $335 with dorper types selling from $259 to $324/head. Feeders paid from $209 to $271 and from $138 to $200 for lighter lots. They paid $148 to $215 for dorper types and from $102 to $214 for Merino lambs. A few less sheep were yarded with 756 offered. Sheep sold to strong demand to be $10 to $20/head up on last week. Merino ewes sold to $291, Merino wethers to $250 and heavy crossbred ewes to $330/head.

Light trade weight lambs sold from $244 to $248/head and averaged 1110c/kg cwt. Medium trade weight lambs sold from $258 to $290/head to average 1120c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weights sold from $273 to $308/head and averaged 1150c/kg cwt. Export weights sold from $302 to $390/head and averaged 1100c/kg cwt. Extra heavy weights sold from $331 to $385/head and averaged 1060c/kg cwt. Hogetts sold to $246/head.

Light weight sheep sold to $106/head to average 710c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $159 to $226/head with Merino mutton averaging 890c and the crossbreds averaging 850c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $221 to $291/head to range from 705c to 870c/kg cwt. Crossbred ewes sold from $212 to $330/head ranging from 720c to 845c/kg cwt. Rams sold from $120 to $222/head.

Market Reporter – Graham Pymer.