THERE was a slight increase in lamb and sheep numbers.
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Lamb quality was mixed, with less heavy weights on offer compared to the previous week.
All the usual buyers attended, but once again not all operated at capacity. The market did generally show a dearer trend, although price gains did vary across weight and grade categories.
Lambs sold to a top of $177 for a pen of extra heavy weights for export, but overall there was little price change for heavy lambs, with only about a dozen pens making above $160/head.
Recording the best price gains were shorter-skinned trade lambs that had been supplementary fed, and lightweight lambs sold for MK slaughter orders or to restockers. The sheep market was again a highlight, with quality Merinos reaching a top of $130/head and averaging over 400¢/kg cwt.
Processor demand for light weight slaughter lambs was high, with most sales from $94 to $105/head.
The competition saw restockers secure only limited numbers. Bidding for domestic lambs favoured shorter-skinned types that had been supplementary fed.
The lead runs of domestic lambs, suiting supermarket orders, sold from $128 to $141/head at an estimated range of 550¢ to 580¢/kg cwt for most.
Some pens of ideally weighted and finished 22kg cwt lambs, which were in limited supply, did sell for up to $134 at over 580¢/kg. The general run of 20-22kg cwt lambs sold from $108 to $122/head depending on breed quality and finish.
The selection of heavy export lambs was generally of a plainer standard this week, and only two pens sold for more than $170/head.
Most heavy lambs, over 26kg cwt, sold from $142 to $166/head, averaging around 545¢/kg cwt.
The sheep offering had fewer pens of heavy crossbred ewes compared to recent sales, but a better selection of Merino wethers which sold to a top of $130/head.
Mutton prices were mostly another $4 to $10/head dearer, with the main lines of Merino ewes and wethers averaging over 400¢/kg cwt.
Producers please note: All lambs and sheep presented for sale must be curfewed before transport in line with industry standards. Lambs and sheep should be crutched and well presented for sale. Current 2013 NVDs should be filled in and completed correctly, If you need any assistance with the new NVD, please contact your agent. NVDs must accompany all stock.
AVERAGES
LAMBS
M Borger (63) Colbinabbin $173.00
HA & ER Westblade (79) Kerang $172.00
G Boyd (56) Boort $172.00
J Conlan T/A Tumbywood (63) Creek View$170.00
RV & DF Mullins (50) Eddington $167.60
J Sutherland (28) Willowmaun $167.00
D & M Mckinnon (24) Marong $165.00
D & R Rothacker (87) Campbells Forest $165.00
P & T Colvin (36) Kurting $163.60
Roulston Family Trust (130) Rochester $160.00
BJ Thompson (128) Charlton $159.00
C Mann (78) Pyramid Hill $157.00
KP Jones (64) Narrwillock $156.00
SW & M Ayson (72) Elmore $154.00
JB & RA Penny (39) Salisbury West $153.20
PT & KF Howard (91) Goornong $153.00
JC Douglas (28) Tennyson $152.00
Minikan P/L (48) Murrindindi $151.60
M & S Keller (20) Wedderburn $150.00
Pitson Family Trust (25) Bagshot $149.00
J & L Dettman (40) Barfold $148.00
JM Hiscock (96) Kilmore $148.00
PA Bourke (78) Moama $147.00
GN Davies (25) Eddington $146.00
I Gray (43) Moama $145.00
R Allen (141) Sea Lake $144.60
AL & G Lloyd (24) Stuart Mill $144.00
Burgess Rural (50) Kalkallo $143.60
DN Pitson (71) Bagshot $143.00
B & E Kerlin (35) Corop $142.00
T Kavanagh (28) Dingee $142.00
G Watson (31) Rochester $142.00
Churnside & Hartley (56) Lockington $140.00
F & S Gunther (149) Pyramid Hill $139.00
Merrifield Partners P/L (43) Raywood $138.00
RL & JD Pearce (58) Echuca $136.00
R & C Stephenson (71) Fentons Creek $135.00
M Hall (66) Myers Flat $134.00
G Dobson (35) Echuca $133.00
GF & A Briggs (56) Rochester $132.00
MERINO LAMBS
S & K McMAster ( 209) Wahring $136.00
Walla Past (6) Yarrawalla $115.00
CJ Forbes (19) Eddington $106.00
Wanurp Past (175) Mitiamo $100.20
MERINO WETHERS
NB & DP Weeks (170) Colbinabbin $124.00
PL & SM Hayes (111) Lancefield $104.00
DL & FM Lanyon (221) Yuengroon $96.40
CROSSBRED EWES
Pollock (13) Pyramid Hill $128.00
Doug Palmer (144) Bamawm $126.00
N Visca (22) Moama $124.00
Louieville (9) Brendarey $110.00
MERINO EWES
RF & TL Webb (125) Bridgewater $123.00
DR Collins & Partners (35) Bridgewater Nth $120.00
P & C Mason (30) McIntyre $114.60
RA & JC Batters (46) Sutherland $108.50
D & C Gunther (173) Pyramid Hill $105.00
Lorbry P/L (83) Murrindindi $92.60
L Austerberberry & Co (128) Winjallock $89.00
Order of sale for week ending May 9: Elders 1 & 3; FP Nevins & Co 4 & 1; Ellis Nuttall & Co 5 & 2; Rodwells 6 & 4; Landmark 3 & 5; McKean & McGregor 2 & 6.