Agriculture
12 July, 2026
Sheep and Lamb
BENDIGO Livestock Exchange recorded one of its smallest yardings in decades on Monday with limited winter supplies and recent heavy rainfall contributing to a sharp fall in numbers.
BENDIGO Livestock Exchange recorded one of its smallest yardings in decades on Monday with limited winter supplies and recent heavy rainfall contributing to a sharp fall in numbers.
Just 3750 lambs and 620 sheep were offered, creating stronger competition and price rises of $20 to $30 a head across many categories.
While not all buyers attended, some processors returned from winter shutdowns and demand lifted throughout the sale.
Tight supplies created strong bidding, with better-presented lambs generally making between 1120c and 1200c/kg cwt, while select trade-weight lambs reached close to 1300c/kg.
Merino lambs were again strongly supported and sold dearer, with the best pens estimated above 1100c/kg cwt.
Three pens of heavier export lambs sold above $400, reaching a market top of $458 a head.
The main run of heavy lambs weighing 26-30kg cwt made from $324 to $370, while quality trade lambs sold from $280 to $328.
Better Merino trade lambs returned $260 to $300 a head, and decent lighter processing lambs across all breeds made $200 to $250.
Secondary first-cross lambs in longer skins ranged from $260 to $320 depending on weight.
The average lamb price across the yarding was $295 a head, up $25 on the previous Monday.
The sheep market produced record strength at Bendigo, although on very limited numbers. Strong processor competition pushed the heaviest ewes to $400 a head, while many heavy sheep and quality trade Merinos carrying wool sold from $300 to $370.
Lighter sheep were limited and generally made between $180 and $250.
The average sheep price lifted $20 to $296 a head, highlighting the continued strength of the mutton market.
EXOTIC LAMBS
D & K Teskera Roslynmead (13) $330.
CROSSBRED LAMBS
D Tuohey Gunbower (46) $405. F & M Schmidt Yarrawalla (19) $392. AB & KB Broom Neereman (20) $386. JM Hiscock & Sons Pyalong (106) $359. G Montgomery Tallygaroopna (37) $350. R Bailey Marong (5) $350. SR & CE Fawcett Bridgewater North (13) $349. T & G O’Neil Boort (6) $348. D & S Harbourn Elmore (12) $347. B & E Kerlin Corop (13) $346. IR Landale Deniliquin (27) $339. P & C Mason McIntyre (16) $333. Springlake Pty Ltd Corack (84) $329. PJ Towt Whittlesea (37) $324.
MERINO LAMBS
P & C Mason McIntyre (150) $285. AS & SE Bentley Moama (53) $283. AS & SE Bentley Moama (24) $262. H & P Bennett Spring Plains (93) $258. Hillview Grain & Graze Pty Ltd Colbinabbin (200) $255.
MERINO WETHER LAMBS
Fairfields at Mysia Mysia (49) $279.
CROSSBRED EWES
Derby Downs Marong (21) $400. R Bailey Marong (1) $400. F & M Schmidt Yarrawalla (8) $380. IR Landale Deniliquin (14) $330.
ORDER OF SALES NEXT WEEK: Nuttall, McKean McGregor, Elders, Nevins, Nutrien.
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