Warwick Sheep Market Report | 15.10.25

Total Yarding: 1280 (-1448) | Sheep Yarding: 514 (-459) | Lamb Yarding: 766 (-989)

Numbers reduced to 766 lambs and 514 mutton at Warwick. With the reduction in supply not all processors attended which resulted in prices for trade weight lambs easing from $9 to $14/head and the mutton lines easing from $12 to $37/head.

Light weight young lambs to restockers sold from $80 to $100/head. Young lambs over 12kg to restockers sold from $76 to $122/head with butchers paying to $135/head. Young lambs in the 16-22kg range to butchers sold from $140 to $239/head. Older light weight lambs to restockers and to feed sold from $92 to $114/head. Lambs in the 18-20kg range to the butcher trade sold from $120 to $206/head. Lambs suited to the wholesale meat trade sold from $200 to $272 with the best heavy lambs topping at $283/head.

Hoggets to processors sold from $195 to $230/head. Merino ewes to processors sold from $138 to $182 with restockers paying to $202/head. Dorper and crossbred ewes to processors sold from $145 to $221/head. Wethers to processors sold from $151 to $221/head. Ram lambs to the wholesale meat trade sold from $164 to $212/head. Rams to processors sold from $144 to $217/head.

Market Reporter,

Errol Luck.