WARWICK SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 15TH JANUARY 2025

Total Yarding: 1,553 (-885) | Sheep Yarding: 849 (-153) | Lamb Yarding: 704 (-732)

The widespread storms across the regular supply area reduced the yarding at Warwick to 849 sheep and 704 lambs. All the usual buyers attended and operated on the better lines of lambs and mutton which sold to prices close to last week however the restocker buyers were more selective on the store lambs which resulted in easier trends. Feeder buyers competed strongly on lines that suited their orders.

Young lambs in the 12-16kg range to restockers sold from $51 to $90 with those to wholesalers at $95/head. Young lambs over 16kg to feeder buyers sold from $120 to $141/head. Older lambs in the 18-20kg range to the wholesale meat trade made $156/head. Light weight trade lambs sold from $160 to $200/head. Heavy trade lambs sold from $194 to $208 with the heavy lambs to processors topping at $248/head.

Hoggets to processors sold from $110 to $150/head. Light weight merino ewes to processors sold from $46 to $65/head. Medium weight ewes sold from $70 to $132 with the best ewes topping at $149/head. Wethers sold from $108 to $120/head. Ram lambs to processors sold from $107 to $149/head. Rams to processors sold from $92 to $106/head. Market Reporter Errol Luck.