A much dearer Sheep market at Bendigo

Yarding - 11,7300

Winter hit at Bendigo this week with lamb numbers back to just 6830 head and the yarding showing a noticeable drop in quality and condition. Results varied alongside quality but the sale did gain a lot of momentum, particularly late in the auction. Price gains of $15 to $25/hd were recorded across the better slaughter lambs offering buyers some weight and condition, while the plainer lambs with less weight and fat cover improved $5 to $10/hd. The sheep sale was also considerably dearer with good mutton costing processors either side of 400c/kg cwt.

Auctioneers asked and got $295 for the best pen off heavy export lambs estimated at 38-40kg cwt. After this the price spread for most 30kg cwt plus lambs was $230 to $265/head. The heavy 26-30kg cwt lambs from $185 to $244; and the best heavy trades $184 to $220/head. On a carcass basis these heavier lambs were mostly in a range of 720c to 820c, but there was bounces out to 880c and the main categories averaged between 780c and 800c/kg cwt. Once under 24kg cwt the lamb offering was very wintery with a lot of plainer conditioned lambs which fluctuated from $135 to $175/head. Decent penlots of light lambs mostly $80 to $135/head. While it was a stronger sale there was a wide price spread over a lot of domestic and lighter lambs which stretched from the mid 600c to 800c/kg plus. There was very little to suit restockers.

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It was a much dearer sheep sale across a yarding of 4900 head, good mutton tracking either side of 400c/kg cwt. Some outstanding extra heavy Dohne style ewes, shorn and in prime condition, topped at $168/hd. Crossbred ewes $112 to $148; heavy Merino wethers $110 to $127; and the balance of the sheep mostly $70 to $100. It was only prices for very light ewes in score 1 condition, and rams, which showed little improvement on recent rates.

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