SA Livestock Exchange Sheep Report

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Report Date: 19th August 2025

Total Yarding: 7,800

Commentary

Numbers reduced marginally as agents offered 6,900 lambs and 900 sheep. Quality this week was extremely mixed throughout the offering with most lambs lacking the freshness of last week. The usual trade and processor buyers were active along with specialty butchers and limited restocker demand. Prices generally reflected a mostly easier trend due to the overall quality with some wide price variations across all weights and grades. Sheep quality was also mixed with prices mostly unchanged from the previous weeks sale.

Extremely light young lambs sold from $40 to $90 as light lambs ranged from $80 to $150 with the few trade lambs selling from $195 to $246/head. Extremely light older lambs sold from $60 to $190 as light lambs traded from $164 to $225. Light trade types sold from $184 to $260 as trade weights ranged from $225 to $288 with heavy weights selling from $290 to $388. Extreme heavy weights traded from $398 to $416/head.
Hoggets sold from $130 to $150/head. Light ewes sold to $80, medium ewes ranged from $135 to $165 with heavy sheep selling from $187 to $240/head. Ram lambs sold from $165 to $196 with mature rams selling from $140 to $192/head.

Market reporter: John Traeger.