A bit all over the shop at Bendigo this week

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Yarding - 21,670

Few more lambs but less sheep for an overall yarding that was slightly smaller than a week ago. Better runs of fed shorn lambs came out giving the market a good quality lead, but there was still a dominance of plainer and lighter conditioned in the yarding. Competition remained keen for well finished lambs weighing from 24-30kg cwt, although bidding was erratic at times. Some sales were dearer but others eased by a few dollars. One major export wasn’t active on extra heavy lambs over 30kg cwt this week and this led to a cheaper trend of $8 to $15 on the biggest lambs. Small store lambs were cheaper.

The heaviest export lambs sold from $232 to a top of $275 to average $250. The heavy 26-30kg lambs varied from $209 to $243 and there was some stronger results compared to last Monday, but it wasn’t always consistent. The neatest trade lambs were a few dollars dearer, the 22-24kg from $178 to $205. All the good slaughter lambs were estimated above 780c/kg cwt, with the best shaped and finished types tracking over 800c/kg. Light and plain lambs continued to meet mixed support, the small 12-16kg shorn lambs to the paddock cheaper at $48 to $92.

Sheep were cheaper, mirroring the trend seen at saleyards last week where only a few extra heavy ewes sold above $100 to a top of $120. Most sheep $60 to $90/head. Hoggets were also cheaper, particularly any secondary types which sold down to $15.

https://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Services/Bendigo-Livestock-Exchange