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