First cross ewes with lambs top at $309 on AuctionsPlus

Coolamon-lambs

These lambs off two year old first cross ewes from Coolamon topped at $309.

First Cross ewes with lambs at foot averaged $220 and topped at $309 on AuctionsPlus last week.

This top priced line mob from Coolamon, NSW, was a  line of 2 year old ewes with Dorset and White Suffolk lambs at foot.

Other highlights included 12 to 13 month old hoggets from Young, NSW selling for $253; 11 to 13 month old unjoined hoggets from Dookie, VIC selling for $250; and May/June drop 37kg ewe suckers from Kingston, SA selling for $187.

Merino ewe lambs and hoggets averaged $147, selling from $75 to a top of $261 for a line of 14 to 15 month old 62kg Moorundie Park blood unjoined future breeders from Jabuk, SA.

While young and grown Merino ewes sold from $70 to $251, for an average of $140.

Merino ewe highlights included 3 year old ewes from Goodnight, NSW selling for $251.

Other Merino highlights included 3.5 year old 74kg ewes from Bendigo, VIC selling for $211, and 2.5 year old ewes from Collie, NSW selling for $168.

A total of 31,000 Merino and Poll Merino wethers and wether lambs poured online this week.

Merino wethers and wether lambs from NSW drew buyer interest seeing a 77% clearance.

Merino wether lambs averaged $85, with a range of $55 to a top of $122. This top priced lot was a line of 36kg May/June drop Poll Merino suckers from Kingston, SA.

While 34kg April/May drop Poll Merino suckers from Hallett, SA sold to $117. Grown wethers this week averaged $105 and were topped by 2 year old and 3 and 4 year old 58kg Merino wool grower wethers from Merino, VIC.

Other Merino wether and wether lamb highlights included 16kg April/May drop lambs from Collie, NSW selling for $56; 59kg 4 to 7 year old wethers from Hughenden, QLD selling for $98; and 49kg 2 year old Egelabra blood wethers from Longreach, QLD selling for $86.

First Cross ewe lambs sold from $150 to $188, with an average of $174, while hoggets sold from $180 to $237 with an average of $230.

First Cross ewes with lambs at foot this week averaged $220, with a top price of $309.

This top priced line mob from Coolamon, NSW, was a  line of 2 year old ewes with Dorset and White Suffolk lambs at foot.

Other highlights included 12 to 13 month old hoggets from Young, NSW selling for $253; 11 to 13 month old unjoined hoggets from Dookie, VIC selling for $250; and May/June drop 37kg ewe suckers from Kingston, SA selling for $187.