Sheep very cheap at Bendigo

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Yarding - 13,000

Slight lift in supply to 9450 lambs, the increase coming from around 1500 new season young lambs. It was another winter yarding of varying quality that drew mixed support from the regular field of buyers. The best trade and heavy old lambs were firm to $8 dearer, but any odd lots or drafts in long seedy skins continued to wear harsh discounts. The market for plain trade and light lambs also remained under pressure and nearly all lamb categories under 22kg cwt trended lower. Merino lambs were also caught up in the cheaper trend, buyers questioning selling agents about possible carcass seed issues on several lines.

New season lambs are starting to dribble in, with two stand-out heavy trade lots estimated 24-26kg cwt selling for $150 and $154 at close to 600c/kg cwt. One agency also had a big run of very small and immature young crossbred lambs, consigned from southern NSW, which sold from $22 to $58/head. Export grade old season lambs $150 to a top of $180; heavy crossbreds 26-30kg cwt $132 to $158, and neatest trades $120 to $133. All these good processing lambs estimated at 470c to 520c/kg cwt. There was a lot of light and plainer lambs which sold from $30 to $116 at varying rates, spreading from 200c to 400c/kg cwt.

The mutton market was cheaper, heavy sheep affected the most to drop $30/head. Big crossbred ewes to processors $55 to $82, with restockers paying to $118. There was a lot of sheep priced from $30 to $60, with the most secondary light sheep down to $3 and rams as low as $1/head. Most mutton was estimated between 150c to 250c/kg cwt.

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