Plenty of competition for light Lambs at Ballarat
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- Jan 09, 2020
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Yarding - 40,436 (-12,739).
Lambs - 33,038 (-8702).
Sheep - 7398 (-4307).For the first sale in 2020 Ballarat had 25,640 lambs yarded and the quality was excellent with all weights on offer across the yarding. All the usual buying group attended and operated fully in a strong market with plenty of competition for the light lambs from feeders and restockers. Unshorn lambs sold to $239 and shorn lambs sold to $224/head. Feeders were very active paying from $110 to $191/head.
Light weight 2 score lambs, 12 to 18kg sold from $106 to $124/head to average 740c/kg cwt. 2 and 3 score trade lambs, 18 to 22kg sold from$136 to $153/head to average around 720c/kg cwt. 3 score lambs, 22 to 24kg sold from $155 to $187/head, making from 670c to 763c to average around 720c/kg cwt. 4 score lambs, 24 to 26kg sold from $181 to $199/head to average around 720c/kg cwt. Heavy 26 to 30kglambs sold from $200 to $225 and over 30kg lambs sold from $226 to $239/head to average around 715c/kg cwt. Shorn lambs, 18 to 22kgsold from $134 to $159, lambs, 22 to 24kg sold from $149 to $180 and 24 to 30kg sold from $181 to $224/head. Hoggets sold from $98 to$185 for crossbreds and from $75 to $128/head for Merino’s.
Sheep numbers were back to 7,398 head yarded, the quality was average to very good with plenty of weight in the crossbred ewes on offer. All the usual buying group attended with competition from all processors. Light weight 1 and 2 score sheep sold from $96 to $114/head to average 575c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $108 to $159/head, making from 529c to 641c, with Merino mutton averaging around 600c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $150 to $180 and heavy crossbred ewes sold from $137 to $206/head. Heavy Merino wethers sold from $153 to $181 and medium weights sold from $114 to $150/head to average 610c/kg cwt. Rams sold to $110/head.
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