Prices up at Ballarat Sheep and Lambs
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- Ag Tech News
- Feb 19, 2019
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Yarding - 21,369 (+4840) .
Lambs - 11,458 (+1805).
Sheep - 9911 (+3035).
Lamb supply lifted by 1,800 head this week at Ballarat, with 14,458 yarded, on top of recent stronger returns. Quality varied from average to very good, with several runs of nicely presented lambs finished on stubbles and fodder crops attracting keen competition. The usual buying group attended and operated strongly in a dearer market on the trade weight and export weight lambs. They improved from $5 to $10/head and more in places, with the extra heavy export weight lambs making close to the same levels of last week. Extra heavy lambs reached $226, with heavy trade weight lambs reaching $184/head. Unshorn lambs sold to a top of $189/head. Restockers and feeders were active, making from $103 to $146 for shorn lambs and from $80 to $133/head for unshorn lambs. Most restocker lambs were a few dollars dearer. Restockers paid from $124 to $136 for joined first cross ewes, and $75/head for shorn Merino ewes.
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Shorn light weight 2 score lambs sold from $95 to $111/head. Light trade 2 and 3 score lambs made from $117 to $150/head to average approximately 705c/kg cwt. Trade weight 3 and 4 score lambs sold from $145 to $166, with the heavier weights making from $155 to $184/head, or from 670c to 765c to average close to 715c/kg cwt. Export weight 3 and 4 score lambs sold from $178 to $209/head and averaged close to 705c/kg cwt. Extra heavy export lambs sold from $202 to $226/head to average approximately 635c/kg cwt. Unshorn light trade weight lambs sold from $123 to $136, the trade weights made from $144 to $155 and the light export weights sold from $168 to $189/head, averaging from 655c to 675c/kg cwt.
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Sheep numbers were up at 9,911 head. All weights and grades were yarded, but with most of the heavy sheep being crossbreds. More lighter Merino ewes carrying a good fleece were yarded, amid the ongoing dry conditions. Most sheep sold to stronger demand, with light and medium weight sheep making from $4 to $10/head stronger, while the heavier crossbred sheep sold from $7 to $10/head up on last week. Heavy crossbred sheep averaged close to 400c/kg cwt.
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Light weight 1 and 2 score sheep sold from $57.20 to $89 at close to 400c/kg cwt, with the very light sheep receiving from $26 to $66/head. Medium weight 2 and 3 score sheep sold from $71 to $118/head or from 345c to 445c, with the Merino mutton averaging close to 425c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino wethers sold from $106 to $117, with the medium weights receiving from $85 to $97/head and averaging from 405c to 420c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred ewes sold from $94 to $147/head and averaged close to 400c/kg cwt. Crossbred wethers sold from $103 to $152 and rams of all weights sold from $5 to 76/head
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