General News
8 December, 2022
Latest sheep market prices
THERE was big cut to supply due to the cheaper rates of last week, with just 10,000 lambs and 4500 sheep at Bendigo on Monday. Quality declined with fresh conditioned young lambs above 24kg hard to find in the yarding which included a lot of plainer...
THERE was big cut to supply due to the cheaper rates of last week, with just 10,000 lambs and 4500 sheep at Bendigo on Monday.
Quality declined with fresh conditioned young lambs above 24kg hard to find in the yarding which included a lot of plainer trades and stores.
Not all the major domestic or export processors operated. Price results were mixed based around quality and weight.
The trend of buyers wanting heavier stock with fat cover continued and the best slaughter lambs were $8 to $12 dearer.
The middle run of plainer trades in the 20-24kg cwt range were just similar to a week ago to remain in ‘no man’s land’, not attracting strong processor demand and outside the price point most restockers want to pay.
Store lambs under 20kg cwt were up to $10 dearer, the smallest types recording the best gains.
Heaviest young lambs $215 to a top of $250 and the best 24-26kg cwt pens $194 to $206/head.
The general run of medium trades varied from $155 to $190. On a carcass basis the auction again had a wide spread of about 680c to over 800c/kg on some kill lambs.
Store lambs with frame $120 to $146 to av around $135 and this section did have some better bred crossbred lines this week. Small store lambs $72 to $118 to av $102.
Erratic mutton sale where light and trade sheep rebounded by $10 to $30 per head and more in places, most sales between $55 to $110/head.
Little price change for the heaviest crossbred ewes at $110 to $113. Some heavy shorn Merino wethers $137 to $145.
SUCKERS
PW Slatter Rochester (12) $210, MJ Borger Colbinabbin (102) $250, AJ Rinaldi Carisbrook (60) $240.00, JM Hiscock & Sons Pyalong (78) $234, CH & HM Howell Molka (50) $234, Pyalong Park Pyalong (51) $234, Bungle Boori Seymour (48) $228, J Young Alexandra (51) $222, MJ Borger Colbinabbin (12) $223, TL Rainiey Pyalong (41) $206, Black on Green Maindample (120) $223, 4G Partnership (37) $195.
CROSSBRED LAMBS
LD & MS Harrison Wycheproof (32) $218, TL Rainey Pyalong (29) $210, C Fava Hilldene (20) $128, PL Weeks Elmore (25) $116.
MERINO WETHERS
Kiriwina P/L (93) $145.
CROSSBRED EWES
MJ Borger Colbinabbin (34) $133, GJ & VT Cochrane Costerfield (9) $120, K & S Morris Trentham (21) $123, H & P Bennett Mia Mia (84) $120,PL Weeks Elmore (11) $114, Sungin Holdings Broadford (51) $110, Nanny’s Creek Sunday Creek (66) $110, Carmichael & Finchen Fairley (64) $130.
MERINO EWES
Bright Futures Livestock P/L Lake Charm (81) $124, A Perkins, A Petersen & G Ryan Newstead (56) $114, Sascot Partners Bungaluke (49) $112, SW Martin Concongella (111) $98, Carmichael & Finchen Fairley (12) $95, J & N Dickinson Tooborac (40) $90.
Next week’s order: Nuttall, Nutrien, McKean McGregor, Nevins, Elders
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