These unjoined Merino ewe lambs from Coonabarabran, NSW, sold for $176.
NSM Merino ewes registered a $23 rise week-on-week, with the category averaging $182/head. Clearance rates were boosted in the days following the sale, up from 35% to 54% across the 5,111 head offered.
Unjoined shedding breed ewe listings totaled 2,915 head last week, with the category registering a 76% clearance.
Prices softened by $83 as lots sold between $135-$297, to average $203/head. From Cunnamulla Queensland, a line of 483 Dorper ewes weighing 44kg lwt, returned $251/head – finishing $51 above reserve and heading to Longreach, Queensland.
Crossbred lambs averaged $165/head last week – up $11, with the category reaching a clearance of 79% across the 6,555 head offered.
Merino wether lambs were the largest of the lamb categories, with 11,035 head listed. Prices rose for the second consecutive week, up $1 to average $133/head, as the category comprising of mostly store wether lambs reached a clearance of 72%. A large run consisting of 1,050 store wether lambs from Mungindi NSW, weighing 39kg lwt, returned $115/head and are headed to Queensland.
Merino ewe lambs registered a significant rise in clearance in the days following the Tuesday lamb sale – reaching 90% for the offering of 4,988 head. Prices eased $16, to average $177/head – taking back some of the previous week’s gains.
Joined ewes accounted for 33% of the offering this week, at 20,399 head. Clearance rates overall remained largely subdued, despite some post sale negotiations, while prices across most categories softened week-on-week.
SIL Merino ewes were the largest category, accounting for 15% of the total offering. Prices for the category ranged from $116-$270, to average $204/head – back $10, with clearance rates reaching 63%. A line of 465 2-3-year-old Merino ewes weighing 67kg lwt from Coonamble NSW, returned $265/head and will travel to Narromine, NSW.
Station mated Merino ewes had a total offering of 3,308 head, with the category averaging $134/head – back $1. Clearance rates remained largely subdued for the category, reaching 33%, which was up from 19% following the immediate closure of the sale on Tuesday.
SIL first cross ewes had a total offering of 3,208 head, with the category averaging $277/head. Clearance rates reached 57% as buyers remained cautious.
Unjoined ewes accounted for 24% of the total offering this week, with 14,752 head offered. Merino ewes and ewe hoggets registered significant gains week-on-week, however clearance rates across the more populated categories remained subdued as buyers largely pursued lines with quality, frame and bloodline.
NSM Merino ewe hoggets accounted for 6% of the offering, with 3,732 head. Prices rose by $121 on last week, to average $254/head – with clearance rates reaching 58%.
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