By Rob Pearce, market reporter at Meat and Livestock Australia
Numbers reduced slightly and quality slipped a little throughout while the supplementary fed lambs were well presented.
There were mainly heavy lambs penned along with trade weights and a few stores were offered. All the buyers were operating except for one and competition was solid with the market holding and dearer in places.
Light lambs to the processors sold from $90 to $138 while restockers from $114 to $142/head. Medium and heavy trade weight lambs were a couple stronger and averaged from 780c to 800c/kg cwt.
Heavy trade sold from $179 to $206/head. Heavy weight lambs were dearer by $3 to $4/head and averaged 795c to 810c/kg cwt. Heavy weight lambs sold from$212 to $215 while extra heavy weights sold from $220 to a top of $270/head.
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Mutton numbers fell and quality was varied with some good heavy sheep throughout and prices were firm to a couple dearer for heavy sheep. Extra heavy first cross ewes sold from $128 to $174.20/head or 430c/kg cwt.
Total Yarding: 3700 (-1180) | Sheep Yarding: 750 (-380) | Lamb Yarding: 2950 (-800)
