WARWICK SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2025
Total Yarding: 1,952 (-284) | Sheep Yarding: 1,034 (+283) | Lamb Yarding: 918 (-567)
Warwick agents penned 918 lambs and 1,034 grown sheep. All the regular processors and wholesalers attended along with local restockers. The prime lambs and mutton sold to dearer trends.
Young crossbred lambs to restockers sold from $40 to $61, with the dorper lambs at $67 to $100/head. Young lambs in the 18-20kg range to restockers sold from $86 to $105 with those to butchers at $116/head. Older lambs in the 18-20kg range to wholesalers sold from $132 to $153/head. Trade weight lambs sold from $136 to $213/head. Heavy trade lambs sold from $150 to $229, with the heavy lambs to processors at $246 to $263/head.
Crossbred hoggets to processors sold from $110 to $145, with the dorper hoggets at $121 to $161/head. Merino ewes sold to $60, with crossbred and dorper ewes selling from $60 to $154/head. Merino wethers to processors sold to $110, with the crossbred wethers at $97 to $138/head. Ram lambs to the butcher trade sold from $90 to $98, with the older rams to processors at $66 to $90/head.
| CATEGORY | HEAD | MIN $/HD | AVG $/HD | MAX $/HD |
| EWES | 630 | $6.00 | $93.33 | $154.00 |
| HOGGETS | 231 | $10.00 | $112.13 | $161.00 |
| LAMBS | 881 | $12.00 | $148.87 | $263.00 |
| RAM LAMBS | 37 | $80.00 | $102.97 | $186.00 |
| RAMS | 38 | $10.00 | $59.13 | $90.00 |
| WETHERS | 135 | $40.00 | $100.56 | $138.00 |