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Yarding - 19,250

Cheaper lamb market with price cuts of $15 to $30 per head common across the yarding, noting Bendigo was coming off a relatively strong sale last Monday. Supply increased with 15,000 lambs yarded, 6000 more. Both major supermarkets remained absent and two regular buyers - a southern processor and a key northern exporter - were also missing this week. Lamb quality was mixed although there was still a very good lead run of lambs off grain. On a carcass basis the market was dragged under 650c/kg cwt, the best heavy lambs at an estimated 600c to 630c/kg for most. But any plainer heavy lambs in untidy skins and the general run of tradeweight lambs slipped below the $6 threshold at 550c to 590c/kg averages. Secondary light lambs struggled for support, as did plainer Merino lambs which lacked fat cover, and these were often under 400c/kg.

Export lambs over 30kg cwt from $196 to a top of $214/hd. Pens of heavy crossbred lambs, 26-30kg, $155 to $200, the better score 3 types av $182/hd. Heavy trade lambs, 24-26kg, $143 to $165 to av $152, and medium trades $133 to $150/hd. Once under 20kg cwt the market was mostly $60 to $110; the most secondary small lambs sold down to $4/hd.

Sheep were cheaper by $10 to $20 per head. Heaviest crossbred ewes $106 to $130 and Merinos in wool to $145. General run of sheep $60 to $90 at a ballpark cost of 330c to 380c/kg cwt.

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