VIDEO: Buyers flock to sheep sale

BUYERS and sellers alike flocked to the Warwick Sheep Sale today, hoping for a bargain or a good sell.

Wawrwick Selling Agents yarded 2306 lambs and hoggets, and 974 sheep at the weekly sale today.

Top lambs account Shelley Family Trust of Warwick sold for $147 and were purchased by Thomas Food Industries

In a similar yarding of lambs and a larger yarding of sheep, the market was firm to a shade easier for most descriptions with good trade lambs remaining constant.

Market quotations

  • Crossbred Lambs 46 - 55 Kg Live Weight $130 to $147

 

  • Crossbred Lambs 42 - 45 Kg Live Weight $116 to $127
  • Crossbred Lambs 36 - 42 Kg Live Weight $110 to $121
  • Crossbred Lambs 35 - 40 Kg Live Weight $104 to $120
  • Crossbred Hoggets 45 Kg Live Weight Selling to $92.00 shorn (Skin Value)
  • Trade Wethers Selling to $90 or $3.65 Kg Est Dress Wgt
  • Light Wethers  Selling to $54 or $2.50 Kg Est DW
  • Heavy Xbred Ewes Selling to $92 or $3.35 Kg Est DW
  • Light Ewes Selling to $50 or $2.35 Kg Est DW


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