Heavy Lambs the shining light at Ballarat

Yarding: 62,279

Lamb numbers jumped again this week to 43,589 penned. The quality was patchy with the heavy and extra heavy lambs presenting in excellent condition with limited numbers yarded. Quality dropped away over the trade weights and store lambs with a range from plain to very good. Most of the usual buying group attended with a few extra’s present. Store buyers were active early in the sale but dropped off as the sale progressed. The market opened softer to then gain some momentum over the store and lighter trades to become subdued again, to end with a mostly softer market. However, the extra heavy lambs were in demand with limited numbers offered to sell dearer.

Light store and trades weights sold to $14 softer and more in places. Medium and heavy trade sold $5 to $10 cheaper, all though lambs with good weight cover and freshness in the skins sold firm. Heavy export lambs sold to $286 selling to $8/head dearer. Lamb back to the paddock made from $35 to $146 and $141 to $186/head for lambs to feed on. Light trade lambs under 18kg to suit MK orders sold from $64 to $144/head.

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Trade lambs 18 to 22kg sold from $140 to $196/head, with a wide range from 640c to 815c/kg cwt, 22 to 26kg sold $184 to $240/head, with an average range from 820c to 850c/kg cwt. Heavy export lambs over 26kg made from $228 to $286/head, with an average of 840c to 880c/kg cwt. Old lambs sold to $260, for shorn well covered extra heavy’s. Crossbred Hoggets made from $88 to $198/head.

Mutton numbers increased with 18,690 penned, the market opened strong and remained mostly strong throughout the sale. Merino wethers made for $56 to $126 selling firm to $3 cheaper. Light weight Merino ewes made from $49 to $94, and the heavier weights made from $92 to $125 selling to $10/head dearer. Heavy crossbred mutton made from $74 to $124, gaining $4 to $10 and the lighter weights made from $45 to $88/head.

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