WARWICK SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 22ND APRIL 2026
Total Yarding: 3,101 (+530) | Sheep Yarding: 1,187 (+223) | Lamb Yarding: 1,914 (+307)
The supply of stock at Warwick increased to 1,914 lambs and 1,187 grown sheep. The increased numbers of trade lambs combined with the absence of a local wholesaler resulted prices easing from $7 to $12/head, however lambs to processors sold to dearer trends. Hoggets and mutton lines also sold to dearer trends, with young store lambs selling to strong demand from restockers.
Young lambs in the 12-16kg range to restockers sold from $60 to $129/head. Young lambs over 16kg to restockers sold from $121 to $148/head. Older lambs in the 18-20kg range to the butcher trade sold from $160 to $190/head. Lambs to the wholesale meat trade sold from $173 to $240/head. Lambs to processors sold from $198 to $276 with the best heavy lambs at $340/head.
Hoggets to processors sold from $152 to $251/head. Merino ewes to restockers sold from $108 to $122/head. Light weight ewes to processors sold from $99 to $124/head. Heavy ewes to processors sold from $146 to $275/head. Wethers to processors sold from $184 to $280/head. Ram lambs to the butcher trade sold from $165 to $220/head. Meat rams sold from $140 to $190/head.
| CATEGORY | HEAD | MIN $/HD | AVG $/HD | MAX $/HD |
| EWE LAMBS | 156 | $236.00 | $253.62 | $268.00 |
| EWES | 764 | $40.00 | $158.86 | $275.00 |
| HOGGETS | 133 | $40.00 | $157.90 | $251.00 |
| LAMBS | 1,805 | $30.00 | $182.33 | $340.00 |
| RAM LAMBS | 109 | $110.00 | $158.19 | $233.00 |
| RAMS | 27 | $71.00 | $149.56 | $190.00 |
| WETHERS | 106 | $60.00 | $175.84 | $280.00 |