Buyer operated with urgency at the Ballarat Sheep and Lamb Market
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- Jun 26, 2019
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Yarding - 18,622 (-4257).
Lambs - 13,716 (-4181).
Sheep - 4906 (-76).
Lamb numbers eased, with 13,716 yarded this week at Ballarat. Quality was average to very good, with reasonable numbers of trade weight and heavy lambs yarded. The usual buying group operated, with urgency on the quality trade weight lambs, they sold close to firm, at times the best presented short skinned lambs sold above 1,000c/kg cwt. Heavy and extra heavy lambs were a few dollars easier, reaching $330/head. Restockers and feeders were active, paying from $144 to $215/head. Lighter lots sold from $71 to $114 and Merino lambs made from $176 to $211/head.
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Light weight 2 score lambs weighing 12-18kg sold from $86 to $184/head. Light trade 2 and 3 score lambs weighing 18-22 kg made from$186 to $225/head to average 895c/kg cwt. Medium trade weight 3 and 4 score lambs weighing 22-24kg received from $186 to $250/head, making from 800c to 1,025c to average close to 935c/kg cwt. Heavy 3 to 4 score trade weight lambs weighing 24-26 kg sold from $185 to $260/head to average approximately 930c/kg cwt. Export lambs weighing 26-30 kg sold from $235 to $278/head. Extra heavy export lambs weighing 30kg plus sold from $290 to $330/head to average 890c/kg cwt. Hoggets sold from $130 to $270 for crossbreds and Merinos made to $144/head.
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Sheep supply was similar, with 4,906 head yarded and quality varied from light weight Merino ewes to heavy crossbred ewes. Sheep mainly sold to a dearer trend as supplies tighten, $5 to $12/head up on last week and more in places. Crossbred ewes sold to $260, as heavy Merino wethers reached $230/head. Rams continued to attract competition, making to $216/head. Light weight 1 and 2 score sheep made from $62to $123 to average 550c/kg cwt, with very light 1 scores receiving from $68 to $75/head. Medium weight 2 and 3 score sheep sold from $106to $150/head, or from 515c to 630c, with Merino mutton averaging approximately 590c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $151 to $185,as heavy Merino wethers made to $230, while medium weights received from $109.60 to $144/head. Heavy Merino sheep sold from 620c to730c/kg cwt. Heavy 3 to 4 score crossbred sheep made from $140 to $260/head to average approximately 620c/kg cwt. Rams made from $62 to $216 and crossbred wethers sold from $150 to $296/head
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