Buyers shy at Ballarat.
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- Aug 21, 2024
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Yarding: 16,050
Lamb numbers slipped to 9,300 penned. Quality dropped away over the yarding in a typical late winter market, with clean up and the last of the draft lots penned. Limited numbers of well finished lambs were offered. A smaller field of buyers were on the rail in a market that bounced from $20 cheaper in places to $10 dearer. Lambs presented with good cover and in a short skin were in high demand, while the plainer and secondary types in rough skins sold to a cheaper trend. Light store and trade sold to $3 to $10 softer, medium trade to $20 cheaper and heavy trade sold from $4 to $11/head softer. Heavy Export lambs over 26kg sold to a top of $330 to be $10 to $16/head dearer.
Store buyers paid $5 to $70/head. Light trade lambs under 18kg sold from $72 to $142/head. Trade lambs 18 to 22kg sold from $122 to $197, lambs 22 to 26kg sold $188 to $228/head, the better quality lambs with good finish averaged from 820c to 880c while the secondary plainer lambs ranged from 640c to 780c/kg cwt. Heavy export lambs 26 to 30kg made from $227 to $280 and over 30kg sold from $298 to $330/head with an average range of 840c to 910c/kg cwt. Merino lambs made from $40 to $154/head. Hoggets sold from $67 to $165 for the crossbreds and $33 to $106 for the Merino’s.
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Mutton numbers jumped with 6,750 penned, Merino wethers sold from $24 to $125/head selling to $15 softer. Merino Ewes made from $30 to $82, slipping $5 for the lighter weights and the heavy weights sold from $74 to $139, selling to $15/head softer. Heavy crossbred mutton made from $92 to $147, and the light weights made from $50 to $90, selling $5 to $10 cheaper.
BALLARAT LAMB & SHEEP MARKET AVERAGES 13/8/2024 | ||
LAMBS | ||
157 | Thomas Ag, Ascot | $320 |
104 | Precision Production, Dean | $318 |
72 | DJ Ross, Bald Hills | $274 |
100 | Wade Farms, Bungaree | $265 |
42 | Tandarra Holdings, Vite Vite | $261 |
128 | Grigg Farms, Bungaree | $252 |
80 | PD & R Watson, Yantanabie | $245 |
60 | RJ Moloney, Southern Cross | $244 |
49 | Joellda P/L, Swan Hill | $241 |
48 | Coliban Heights, Spring Hill | $240 |
39 | Marquand Partnership, Mt Bute | $239 |
97 | M Ipsen, Timor West | $235 |
19 | Harrison Farming, Vite Vite Nth | $234 |
102 | RB & MM Turner, Berrybank | $230 |
94 | A & P Anton & Sons, Toongabbie | $228 |
79 | AJ Stevens, Ararat | $225 |
52 | DJ & K Mortlock Farms, Dunluce | $214 |
33 | RA Smith & Sons, Ballan | $207 |
25 | MJ & SL Foott, Birchip | $204 |
25 | KL & LE Mowat, Simpson | $203 |
26 | GG & MK Harrison, Truganina | $200 |
XBRED SHEEP | ||
67 | D Boyle Ag, Birchip | $152 |
92 | Bibby & Grant, Mininera | $141 |
22 | Major Court, Talbot | $140 |
43 | R Jones, Stawell | $139 |
60 | Ipsen Ag, Bowenvale | $132 |
24 | KL & LE Mowat, Simpson | $125 |
19 | Marquand Partnership, Mt Bute | $125 |
13 | Lansdale Southdowners, Shelford | $125 |
54 | Brindabella, Trentham | $120 |
MERINO EWES | ||
87 | Cotswold Slopes, Cotswold | $160 |
40 | Jackson Ag, St Arnaud | $105 |
32 | TG & MF Cook, Lismore | $103 |
MERINO WETHERS | ||
74 | C & H Carrigan, Bairnsdale | $128 |
120 | BM & G Missen, Woodside | $125 |
52 | RJ & YK Robinson, Ararat | $112 |
49 | Daisymart P/L, Avoca | $112 |
45 | HB Miller, Anakie | $112 |
121 | McDonald Family Trust, Parwan | $106 |
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