SELX Yass Sheep Report

Lamb numbers lifted and most were new season lambs. The quality was good with most lambs still presenting in fresh condition. There were a lot more store lambs and good numbers of trade and heavy weights which were in demand from processors. The lambs sold to a firm to dearer trend.

New season store lambs were between $10 and $20/head dearer with lambs to 20kg reaching $254/head. The weight that most restocker were after 16 to 18kg sold from $212 to $241/head and were some of the dearer lambs. Trade weights were firm to $10 dearer and depended on freshness and weight with processors lifting rates slightly the heavier the trade lambs, lambs 20 to 24kg sold from $248 to $295 and the 24 to 26kg lambs $282 to $328/head and most ranged from 1150c to 1200c/kg. Heavy lambs ranged from $308 to $354 and extra heavy lambs reached $375/head and most were 1100c to 1150c/kg.

Heavy shorn old lambs ranged from $287 to $311/head and averaged around 1100c/kg and extra heavy weights topped at $381/head. The best priced hoggets were Merinos reaching $315/head.

Mutton numbers were similar and so was the quality with a good mixed of weights and condition. Prices were slightly cheaper with medium weight ewes selling from $186 to $240/head, heavy crossbred ewes reached $360 and wethers $313/head. Merino ewes made to $286/head and most of the medium and heavy weights830c to 880c/kg, the few lighter ewes were into the mid 900c/kg cwt.