WARWICK SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2024

Total Yarding: 2334 (+560) | Sheep Yarding: 895 (+432) | Lamb Yarding: 1439 (+128)

Agents at Warwick penned 1439 lambs an 895 grown sheep. The overall yarding contained very good runs of well finished lambs and mutton which sold to rates similar to last week however new season lambs to the wholesale meat trade sold to dearer trends. All the regular processors and feeder buyers attended and competed strongly on lines that suited their orders.

Very light young lambs to restockers sold from $52 to $58/head with those over 12kg to the wholesale meat trade at $90 to $108/head. New season lambs in the 18-22kg range to the butcher trade sold from $152 to $201/head. Light weight older lambs to restockers sold from $34 to $60/head. Lambs in the 18-20kg range to feeder buyer sold from $80 t $138/head. Light weight trade lambs to the butchers sold from $150 to $168/head. Ideal lambs suited to the wholesale meat trade sold from $170 to $220 with heavy lambs to processors at $226 to $231/head.

Light weight hoggets to restockers sold from $68 to $88/head. Heavy hoggets to processors sold from $100 to $157/head. Light weight ewes to processors sold from $40 to $72 with the heavy ewes at $80 to $110/head. Crossbred wethers to processors sold from $71 to $119 with dorper wethers at $113/head. Ram lambs to the wholesale meat trade sold from $115 to $174/head. Rams to processors sold from $113 to $130/head.

CATEGORY	HEAD	MIN $/HD	AVG $/HD	MAX $/HD
EWE & LAMB	11	$96.00	$113.00	$125.00
EWES	417	$20.00	$65.25	$110.00
HOGGETS	376	$26.00	$94.87	$157.00
RAM LAMBS	28	$60.00	$104.64	$174.00
RAMS	32	$38.00	$109.97	$130.00
WETHERS	59	$6.00	$81.56	$119.00
NOT RECORDED	1,408	$26.00	$154.60	$231.00