Katanning Sheep Sale Report

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Report Date: 24th April 2024

Total Yarding:  6,000

Commentary

Numbers were down for a total yarding of 4720 mixed quality sheep and lambs. A small gallery of buyers attended to witness a very plain lamb yarding with prices reflecting, no heavy lambs were yarded while light trade weights sold to $85/head. Mutton was well represented with good numbers of heavy ewes offered selling to $45, store ewes were in demand from processors gaining $7 this week topping at $27/head.

Light weight lambs under 16kg cwt sold to $57 while weights under 18kg cwt sold from $63 to $78, light trade weights returned $60 to $85/head. A mixed weight and quality range of ram lambs made from $10 to $60 to processors.

A large yarding of store hoggets trended up with an increased amount of demand with Wethers selling from $2 to $48 while ewe hoggets made from $5 to $44/head.

Store ewes were the biggest movers selling from $4 to $27, medium weights sold to $35 and heavy weights over 30kg cwt returned from $30 to $45/head. Heavy Merino wethers gained, selling at $30 to $46 while mature rams made from $5 up to $40/head.

Tracey Kilner NLRS