SELX Yass Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 23rd April 2025

Total Yarding: 11,100

Commentary

A short selling week offered a reduced number of lambs, the quality was better with more well finished trade and heavy weights. Light store lambs under 16kg were back in volume and there was a smaller run of secondary trade weights going back to the paddock or onto feed. All the usual buyers were operating and demand was strong with most lambs selling to a dearer trend.

Restocking lambs under 16kg sold to s slightly cheaper rate ranging from $95 to $130/head while lambs upto 20kg were $10 to $16 stronger and ranged from $152 to $169/head. Trade lambs were $2 to $6 dearer selling from $160 to $196 and heavy lambs gained $7 to $8/head selling from $196 to $250/head. Most of the lambs averaged between 790c and 840c/kg cwt.

Mutton numbers were also back and the quality was mixed. Demand was very strong and prices lifted $25 to $30/head on average. Medium weight ewes sold from $96 to $140 and heavy crossbred ewes reached $211/head. The best for Merino ewes reached $197/head. Heavy Merino wethers highlighted the strong sale selling from $168 to $199/head and averaged 680c/kg cwt.