Slight improvement in prices at Bendigo

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Bigger yarding as more new season lambs start to appear, and there was a decent crowd of agents and farmers watching the sale to gain insights ahead of the impending spring flush. An additional domestic order joined the buying ranks. The tempo of the sale was mixed as were price results. New season lambs remained in a similar price band to last week and reached $149. The heaviest old season lambs improved $10/head and sold to $156 as they clawed back the losses of a week ago. The general run of old lambs in the trade and lightweight categories sold a few dollars either side of last Monday’s outcomes. Any old woolly lambs with burr and seed continue to be discounted.

The heaviest young lambs sold to $149, with heavy trades not far behind. There was only a $6 per head difference between young lambs in the 26-30kg range at $141 compared to $135 for the 24-26kg. Most young lambs 510c to 560c/kg, with isolated sales to 580c for the neatest trades. There was more light young lambs under 18kg cwt including Merinos which made from $45 to $74/head.

Export grade old season lambs $138 to $156 at a ballpark cost of 440c/kg cwt. The heavy 26-30kg lambs varied from $121 to $137. Most trade and heavy trades $90 to $128/head. Once again there was a wide spread in carcass price terms for old lambs, with the better processing types generally 420c to 480/kg cwt. Light lambs $26 to $75/head.

Sheep numbers declined and the market was stronger than a week ago, most sheep pushing back over 200c/kg cwt again. Heaviest ewes $60 to $83, and medium and light mutton $28 to $55/head

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