Some good gains at Bendigo

Yarding - 24,750

More numbers after the Easter break with nearly 18,000 lambs and 6800 sheep. It was a stronger market across all weights and grades, although it was sheep which recorded the best gains to be up $10 to $30/head on a fortnight ago, influenced by widespread rain in the north. The lamb market firmed by $2 to $10/head and did perform around quality and presentation. Buyers did show a preference for recently shorn lambs in short-skins, with longer and rougher woolled types not as well supported. All the major processing companies were represented today although some weren’t fully active.

There was more weight in the yarding and the main run of 30kg plus export lambs sold from $204 to a top of $242, estimated to be tracking between 660c to 680c/kg cwt. The heavy 26-30kg lambs $170 to $218 and the good heavy trade crossbreds $141 to $171/head. Underneath this was the plainer and lighter trade lambs at $125 to $140 for most. There was most bounces over 700c/kg cwt for select pens of lambs, but overall most of the trade and heavy categories were averaging between 640c to 680c/kg cwt. Decent lines of light lambs mostly $80 to $125 with strong MK processing orders still operating. In the Merino section there was a lot of plainer trade and light types, the lead of the Merinos $102 to $136 and smaller types $30 to $90. Very plainest little Merinos down to $13/head.

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Competition stepped-up for mutton, Merinos wethers selling to $126, big crossbred ewes to $114 and the lead of the Merinos ewes with weight or higher value fleeces from $80 to $111/head. General run of trade and light sheep mostly $50 to $80 and there was some significantly dearer sales of light mutton compared to a fortnight ago.

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