Store Lambs improve $8 to $15 at Bendigo

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Yarding - 16,490

Smaller yarding of 11,900 lambs and less than 5000 sheep in the final Bendigo market before Christmas. Quality remained mixed with heavy prime lambs scarce against a lot of plainer trades and smaller store lambs. Not all processors attended, and the market continued to perform around quality with any fresher conditioned lambs above 24kg cwt receiving the best support from meat buyers. The market improver today was store lambs which gained $8 to $15 per head with more buying activity evident from the Wimmera/Mallee grain areas.

A lack of prime lambs with weight was again evident across the yarding and the best young lambs 24-30kg cwt sold from $200 to a top of $228/head, estimated to be trending around 800c/kg cwt. Underneath this was a lot of mixed trade lambs which varied from $155 to $190 to processors depending on breed quality and fat cover. All store lambs sold to stronger competition, the main run of crossbreds in the 16-18kg cwt range from $116 to $137 to average $126 to the paddock. The smallest lambs $78 to $119 to restockers.

The sheep market continued its erratic form, heavy ewes opening firm before cheapening in the latter part of the auction. Light sheep also had mixed results across the yarding. Big crossbred ewes $100 to $120; heavy Merino ewes in higher value skins to $139; general run of light and trade sheep $66 to $92/head. This is the last sale for Bendigo this year, with the market to recommence on Monday, January 9.

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