WARWICK SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 21ST JANUARY 2026
Total Yarding: 3,689 (+982) | Sheep Yarding: 1,926 (+868) | Lamb Yarding: 1,763 (+114)
The supply of stock at Warwick increased to 1,763 lambs and 1,926 grown sheep. The yarding included quality runs of young store lambs and well finished trade and heavy lambs, along with extra numbers of ewes and wethers to suit the processor and restockers buyer. All the regular buyers attended and operated on a softer market for trade lambs of $11 to $26/head, with hoggets and mutton selling from $3 to $18/head dearer.
Young lambs in the 10-16kg range to restockers sold from $55 to $139/head. Young lambs over 16kg to restockers sold from $116 to $160, with those to the butcher trade at $146 to $169/head. Older lambs in the 20-22kg range to feed sold from $165 to $181, with those to the butcher trade at $170 to $212/head. Lambs in the 22-24kg range to the wholesale meat trade sold from $172 to $236/head. Heavy lambs to processors sold from $224 to $295/head.
Hoggets to processors sold from $140 to $200/head. Crossbred and dorper ewes to restockers sold from $80 to $189, with those to processors at $123 to $186/head. Merino wethers to processors sold from $123 to $179, with dorper wethers at $134 to $200/head. Ram lambs to the butcher trade sold from $158 to $176/head. Rams to processors sold from $140 to $170/head.
| CATEGORY | HEAD | MIN $/HD | AVG $/HD | MAX $/HD |
| EWE & LAMB | 4 | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 |
| EWE LAMBS | 17 | $172.00 | $172.00 | $172.00 |
| EWES | 1,477 | $65.00 | $143.28 | $200.00 |
| HOGGETS | 247 | $70.00 | $158.30 | $200.00 |
| LAMBS | 1,594 | $55.00 | $179.38 | $295.00 |
| RAM LAMBS | 144 | $44.00 | $106.94 | $180.00 |
| RAMS | 43 | $110.00 | $133.49 | $170.00 |
| WETHERS | 154 | $70.00 | $147.04 | $185.00 |