TRLX Tamworth Sheep Report

Report Date: 3rd November 2025

Total Yarding: 2,020

Commentary

Numbers were back significantly for a yarding of 1300 lambs and 720 sheep. Included in the offering were 274 new season lambs. Quality was good with good supplies of trade heavy weight new season lambs. The regular buyers were operating with limited restocker competition. Grown sheep were much dearer and trends increased overall due to the reduced numbers.

New season lambs to the trade were slightly dearer selling from $164 to $235/head and new season lambs to 30kg cwt made to $370/head, all to processors.

Trade weight older lambs to the processors 20kg to 24kg sold from $130 to $248/head. Trade Dorper lambs made to $166/head and heavy trade Dorpers were slightly cheaper $210 to $248/head. Crossbred lambs to 26kg cwt sold from $200 to $238/head and lambs in excess of 30kg cwt made from $290 to $330/head. Dorper lambs to the paddock sold from $130 to $140/head. Dorper hoggets to the paddock made from $125 to $172/head and heavy Dorper hoggets to the trade sold from $180 to $229/head.

Light Merino ewes sold from $132 to $195/head and Dorper ewes to 30kg made from $175 to $230/head. Dorper ewes over 30kg cwt made from $177 to $227/head. Crossbred ewes sold from $228 to $232/head. Merino wethers sold from $141 to $220/head and meat rams sold from $169 to $200/head.

Peter Dundon MLA Tamworth