$10/kg plus Lambs at Bendigo

Yarding - 17,770

Big price gains for any quality trade and heavy slaughter lambs in this sale, with the lead runs costing buyers more than 950c/kg cwt and best pens trending either side of 1000c/kg. There was isolated sales of heavy lambs above 1050c/kg which had selling agents debating if this was the highest carcass money they had seen at Bendigo for lambs with weight. But the high c/kg rates weren’t across everything sold, with buyers not pushing as hard on plainer trade lambs or light kill stock.

Some of the plainer MK or bag lambs were no dearer - particularly secondary little Merino lambs lacking size and fat cover - while there was mixed results for stores depending on quality and age. There was 11,720 lambs yarded and the lead of the better presented fed lambs declined quickly into a winter like offering. The regular buyers attended but not all made purchases. Export lambs over 30kg cwt sold from $308 to a top of $349/head and as they weren’t super heavies the estimated price rate stepped up to around 1000c/kg cwt.

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There was some very strong outcomes on heavy crossbred lambs at $241 to $318/head, and also heavy trades at $226 to $279/head. Once under 24kg cwt on the general run of trades the price point was $180 to $230/head for most, varying from 820c to 950c/kg cwt depending on factors like quality and number in a pen. Feeders paid from $150 to $185/head for the best lines of genuine store lambs and bigger types with frame size to go onto grain. There was a lot of little Merino lambs which sold from $60 to $134/head and the plainer types were sometimes cheaper. Scrappy lots of small crossbred lambs $90 to $130/head for most. Very secondary lambs still below $40/head at times. Often what determined price outcomes for light lambs was if restockers showed interest and competed against processors.

Good mutton was dearer to comfortably trend above 600c/kg cwt with some feature lines of trade Merino wethers estimated over 700c/kg. But there was still some light sheep which started with a 500c/kg price tag. It was heavier sheep with fat cover which received the best export competition. Heavy sheep $170 to $234/head; middle run of ewes with less cover $140 to $170/head. Light sheep $88 to $130/head for most.

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