Inconsistant Lamb market at Bendigo

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Yarding - 19,830

Smaller and patchy yarding made up of 10,500 lambs and just 4800 sheep. Well finished lambs with weight and fat cover remained scarce. Very erratic market which made it difficult to get a consistent price quote out of the sale, as some lambs sold strongly and were dearer while others of a similar grade were then cheaper than a week ago. The bouncing trend was most evident in the heavy lambs with the 26-30kg cwt crossbreds selling from $205 to $246, putting some pens well above 800c and others below 770c/kg. As a guide most of the better quality processing lambs remained in a range of 760c to 800c/kg cwt. Merino lambs recorded cheaper trends, particularly any secondary lots.

Heaviest export lambs over 30kg cwt from $236 to a top of $268, and some strong sales at times helped lift the average to an estimated 800c/kg. Most heavy lambs $200 to $240/head. Main run of tradeweight lambs, 22-24kg, varied from $173 to $200. Light lambs under 20kg cwt were generally a few dollars dearer, decent store lambs showing some breed quality and frame from $110 to $150. But very small and secondary lambs $9 to $50. Very plain Merino lambs received subdued interest.

Heavy mutton averaged $10 to $15 cheaper, noting Bendigo did have some solid sales last week before prices dropped away late in the auction. Big crossbred ewes from $94 to $130. Lot of trade sheep $70 to $110. Light ewes $24 to $50. Most categories of sheep showed a price spread of 250c to 380c/kg cwt.

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