Much softer market at Ballarat

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Yarding - 37,723 (-57)
Lambs - 28,558 (+925)
Sheep - 9138 (-912)

Lamb supply sightly increased to 28,585 penned. Quality ranged from good to exceptional with the majority of the yarding shorn lambs and the heavy trade and export lambs were presented in exceptional condition with a large percentage coming off supplementary feed. All the usual buying group attended in a much softer market, not all buyers were active and there wasn’t the same bidding intensity to a week ago. Light trade lambs were back $10 to $15, medium trade were sold $7 to $12 cheaper and heavy trade had the biggest prices drop selling to $20/head softer. Export lambs 26kg to 30kg were back $18 and over 30kg cwt sold to a top of $290 to be $8/head cheaper.

Store buyers were very active on the larger runs of light lambs and selective on the smaller lots, selling from $50 to $184/head, $6 to $15 softer. Light lambs under 18kg cwt to suit MK orders to the trade sold from $135 to $155/head. Trade lambs 18 to 22kg made from $154 to $188, lambs 22 to 24kg sold from $184 to $202, lambs 24kg to 26kg $186 to $220/head, with an average range of 780c to 805c/kg cwt. Export lambs over 26 to 30kg made from $211 to $240 and over 30kg sold from $260 to $290/head with an average range of 720c to 760c/kg cwt.

Sheep numbers remained similar at 9,138 yarded. Quality was mixed ranging from plain to excellent. Not all the usual buying group were present which reflected in the market with price drops of up to $25/head across most categories. One exporter dominated the heavy mutton. Heavy Merino wethers made from $145 to $180/head to average 560c to 610c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $113 to $170 to average 530c to 550c and heavy crossbred mutton made $120 to $238/head to average 490c to 540c/kg cwt.

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