Prime Sheep and Lamb – May 17
Lamb numbers eased and the quality was slightly plainer on the trade and heavy lambs to processors. Store lambs were well supplied and re-stockers were active on the shorter wool lambs. All the usual buyers were operating in a dearer market.
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Re-stocking lambs sold from $56 for very light weights, to $145/head for trade weight lambs to feed on. The medium and heavy trade weights were $5 to $7 stronger selling from $130 to $154/head to average 645c/kg. Heavy lambs gained $9 and made from $152 to $173 and extra heavy weights were firm with less weight at the top end and made from $174 to $180/head. The best of the hoggets reached $187/head.
Mutton numbers eased and the quality was plainer.
Prime Cattle – May 18
Cattle numbers eased and the quality of the young cattle eased with very few trade cattle offered. Most of the young cattle sold to feeder or restocking orders.
Steer vealers to restockers sold to 409c to average 375g, lifting 15c to 20/kg. Heifers averaged 338c/kg. Medium weight feeder steers were unchanged while the light heifers to feed were 20c dearer and the medium weights were 5c/kg stronger on the Angus heifers. Steers ranged from 323c to 377c and heifers made from 316c to 358c/kg. Weaner steers to restockers sold to 402c/kg.
Grown steers to processors were similar to last week, ranging from 289c to 316c/kg. Plainer 2 score heifers to restockers lifted 15c, receiving from 210c to 265c/kg.