Mutton dearer at Bendigo

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Yarding - 20,200

Only a slight change to supply at 12,600 lambs, however there was a noticeable decline in buyer demand. The two major supermarkets were again absent and many other key processors were quiet amid reports most companies have good supplies of stock around them. Slaughter lambs over 24kg cwt were $8 to $18/head cheaper in a sometimes erratic market. In contrast there was some stronger sales in the light lamb run including for any of well-bred little stores that were offered in bigger one-mark lines.

There was no super heavy lambs in this yarding. The 30kg plus export lambs sold from $225 to a top of $255, and buyers still gave reasonable support to the lead two or three pens in each agents draft. Where the market lost the most momentum was on the heavy 26-30kg lambs which ranged from $191 to $228, the main run of fat score 3 crossbreds averaging $205. Heavy trade lambs, 24-26kg, $172 to $192 to av $180. There was a wide price range of 650c to just on 800c/kg across processing lambs, with the majority of weights and grades averaging between 690c to 750c/kg cwt. Once under 20kg most lambs $80 to $140. There was some dearer sales of well-bred crossbred lambs in the 12-16kg range to the paddock at $74 to $113.

Bigger yarding of sheep at 7600 head and competition for heavy mutton improved by $5 to $15. Heavy ewes $115 to a top of $143 at an estimated 330c to 400c/kg for most. Bigger selection of Merino wethers made $71 to $124 to also be dearer

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