WARWICK SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2026
Total Yarding: 1,695 (+810) | Sheep Yarding: 483 (+165) | Lamb Yarding: 1,212 (+645)
Warwick agents penned 1,212 lambs and 483 grown sheep. The yarding contained larger numbers of heavy well finished and trade lambs which sold to dearer trends of $9 to $18/head. Increased supply of store lambs to feeder buyers sold to rates close to last week. All Hoggets and mutton to restockers and processors also sold to dearer prices of $13 to $17/head.
Young lambs in the 12-16kg range to the butcher trade sold from $90 to $161 with those to restockers at $100 to $132/head. Young merino lambs to restockers sold to $191/head. Older lambs in the 12-20kg range to feed sold from $143 to $208/head. Lambs in the 20-22kg range to the butcher trade sold from $225 to $276/head. Lambs to processors sold from $230 to $341 with the best heavy lambs topping at $370/head.
Crossbred and dorper Hoggets to processors sold from $178 to $279/head. Light weight ewes to restockers sold from $142 to $166/head. Heavy ewes to processors improved by $17 and sold from $170 to $244/head. Ram lambs to processors sold from $171 to $239/head. Meat rams sold from $166 to $211/head. Ewes and lambs sold to $191/unit.
| CATEGORY | HEAD | MIN $/HD | AVG $/HD | MAX $/HD |
| EWE & LAMBS | 54 | 52.00 | $85.22 | $190.00 |
| EWES | 174 | 70.00 | $156.75 | $244.00 |
| HOGGETS | 133 | 130.00 | $214.66 | $300.00 |
| LAMBS | 1181 | 10.00 | $200.55 | $370.00 |
| RAM LAMBS | 32 | 128.00 | $188.06 | $239.00 |
| RAMS | 84 | 100.00 | $194.27 | $202.00 |
| WETHERS | 38 | 109.00 | $109.00 | $109.00 |