WARWICK SHEEP SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 7TH MAY 2025
Total Yarding: 2,465 (+904) | Sheep Yarding: 941 (+306) | Lamb Yarding: 1,524 (+598)
Agents at Warwick penned 1,524 lambs and 941 mutton. The overall lamb yarding was mixed with prime lambs in short supply resulting in dearer prices of $5 to $25/head. The extra numbers of young store lambs received spirited bidding from the feeder and restocker buyers lifting prices. Increased buyer attendance across the mutton lines resulted in gains up to $40/head.
Young lambs under 12kg to restockers sold from $66 to $78/head. Young lambs in the 16-18kg range to restockers sold from $86 to $139 with those over 20kg to the butcher trade topping at $196/head. Older lambs in the 16-20kg range to feeder buyers sold from $100 to $140/head. Light weight butcher lambs sold from $159 to $181/head. Lambs in the 20-22kg range to the wholesale trade sold from $140 to $201/head. Trade weight crossbred and dorper lambs to processors sold from $170 to $248/head.
Hoggets dearer selling from $110 to $199/head. Light weight merino ewes with skin to restockers sold from $38 to $60/head. Light weight dorper ewes to processors sold from $36 to $102 with the heavy ewes at $130 to $222/head. Wethers to processors sold from $99 to $217/head. Ram lambs to the butcher trade sold from $140 to $230/head. Rams to processors sold from $80 to $120/head.
| CATEGORY | HEAD | MIN $/HD | AVG $/HD | MAX $/HD |
| EWES & LAMBS | 8 | $170.00 | $170.00 | $170.00 |
| EWE LAMBS | 18 | $126.00 | $126.00 | $126.00 |
| EWES | 568 | $33.00 | $102.96 | $222.00 |
| HOGGETS | 105 | $60.00 | $139.31 | $199.00 |
| LAMBS | 1,481 | $40.00 | $159.07 | $248.00 |
| RAM LAMBS | 29 | $92.00 | $154.48 | $180.00 |
| RAMS | 36 | $52.00 | $106.19 | $155.00 |
| WETHERS | 222 | $38.00 | $108.07 | $248.00 |