Horsham Lamb Market Report

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Report Date: 9th July 2025

Total Yarding: 5,300

Commentary

A lift in lamb numbers this week to 4,100 but with heavy lambs in limited supply. Most of the regular buying group attended and operated in a very strong market with several pens of well presented trade weight lambs yarded selling above 1300c/kg cwt at times. Better covered lambs sold to $30/head up on last week in places. Medium and heavy trade weight lambs sold from $244 to $330 with heavy lambs selling from $350 to $386/head. Dorper lambs sold to $344, with the lighter weight Merino lambs selling from $196 to $222/head and averaging 1100c/kg cwt. Restocker and feeder interest was limited with lighter lambs selling from $38 to $84/head. The smaller sheep offering sold to most of the regular buying group at similar levels on heavy sheep and a few dollars easier on the lighter weight sheep. Heavy Merino ewes sold to $243 with the crossbred ewes selling to $240/head. Light weight Merino wethers sold to $180/head.

Light weight lambs sold from $124 to $182/head and averaged 1010c/kg cwt. Light trade weight lambs sold from $200 to $249/head to average 1080c/kg cwt. Medium weight lambs sold from $244 to $330/head ranging from 1060c to 1365c to average 1180c/kg cwt. Heavy trade weight lambs sold from $295 to $310/head to average 1180c/kg cwt. Export weight lambs sold from $310 to $336/head and averaged 1130c/kg cwt. Extra heavy lambs sold from $350 to $386/head. Hogetts sold to $200/head. Dorper lambs sold from $224 to $344/head and ranged from 1065c to 1230c/kg cwt.

Light weight sheep sold from $90 to $162/head to average 620c/kg cwt. Medium weight sheep sold from $120 to $162/head and averaged 600c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $155 to $243/head averaging from 700c to 715c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred ewes sold from $160 to $240/head ranging from 590c to 630c/kg cwt. Rams sold from $28 to $108/head. Note Horsham will sell next week at 12.30pm following Hamilton.

Market Reporter – Graham Pymer.