SELX Yass Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 5th August 2026

Total Yarding: 9,160

Commentary

Lamb numbers eased and the quality was mixed. There were some longer skinned wintery looking lambs up to runs of very neatly shorn trade and heavy weights. There were a few pens of lighter lambs for the restockers and a very small run of new season lambs. The market sold to cheaper trends and fell between $20 and $25/head.

The best of the small run of new season trades sold to $288/head and averaged 1180c/kg. Old trade weights 20 to 24kg ranged from $200 to $268 and lambs 24 to 26kg sold from $268 to $293/head and averaged 1080c to 1100c but the neat shorn lambs were up to 1150c/kg cwt. Heavy lambs to 30kg sold from $288 to $327/head and extra heavy lambs only had falls of $8 to $10/head and reached $356/head and averaged 980c to 1025c/kg. Trade Merinos sold to $276/head and hoggets reached $287/head.

Mutton numbers decreased and the quality was mixed. Prices were back $20 to $30/head and medium weight ewes sold from $148 to $216/head and heavy crossbred ewes reached $292, Merino ewes $257, Merino wethers topped at $274/head. Most ranged from 780c to 840c/kg cwt.