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4 days ago

Muchea Sheep Report 13/01/2026
Yarding10903 / sheep 3517 / lambs 7386

It was a very similar sale to last week with around the same total and same break up of sheep and lambs supplies. The yarding again consisted of good runs of shorn heavy lambs and larger volumes of and feeder and air freight weights down to several lanes of small framed stores. Mutton supplies were light both in weights and numbers however pricing improved from the last sale lifting $10/15/head. Store lambs recorded gains of $5/10 while heavier categories were firm to slightly dearer. Store wethers also gained $10/15 with competition from Live shipping amongst the usual regular buyers in the field.

Store lambs gained $5 with light framed stores starting from $60 to $90 and bigger framed stores selling up to $198/head. Light lambs were firm making $175 to $219 while trade weights were also equal selling from $190 to $236/head. Well presented heavy shorn lambs off feed remained equal and sold from $235 to $290/head.

Store Merino wether hoggets gained $10/15 ranging from $138 to $180 and with more weight sold to a top of $228/head. Light supplies of Merino ewe hoggets were selling from $188 to $220 while Crossbred hoggets on the heavier side returned $161 to $240 and younger rams sold to a top of $250/head.

The mutton market recovered from last weeks dip in values with boning grades selling from $70 to $181,medium weights from $165 to $221 and heavy ewes sold to a top of $230/head. Heavy wethers ranged from $180 to $250 and mature rams sold from $90 to $218/head.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

5 days ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 12/01/2026
Yarding 1194

Numbers lifted by nearly 300 today at Muchea with just over 1200 head.
The sale had something for everyone with good runs of yearlings and excellent runs of both weaner steer and heifer. Fat cows were also presented along with large volumes of store cows while bull supplies were conservative. Yearling steer prices remained firm to slightly dearer while yearling heifers as well as weaner steers and heifers recorded gains and with an extra store cow buyer from the south adding competition, store cows lifted 40/50c/kg.

Local weaner steers started from 286c with most lines gaining 20/25c selling from 420c to 494c/kg. Weaner heifers also gained 25/30c and sold from 300c to 416c/kg. Yearling steers under 400kg sold from 350c to 440c and heavier weights from 362c to 416c to remain equal. Yearling heifers gained 20/25c with heifers under 400kg selling from 295c to 410c and with more weight sold from 306c to 412c/kg. Pastoral steer calves ranged from 220c to 388c while pastoral heifers were making 200c to 374c/kg.

Grown steers returned 324c to 392c while grown heifers returned 254c to 380c/kg.
Store cows sold very well gaining up to 50c selling from 200c to 338c while medium to heavy weight cows started from 280c with most sales from 310c to 350c/kg.

Shipping bulls were selling from 220c to 342c and heavy bulls sold from 250c to 334c/kg.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

2 weeks ago

Muchea Sheep Report 06/01/2026
Yarding10582 / sheep 3532 / lambs 7050

Numbers were back to just over 10000 head for the first sale of 2026 with approximately 7000 lambs and 3500 sheep. There was some well finished shorn lambs presented today and with a full contingency of processors and feedlot buyers competing on all weight categories resulted in gains on the lamb market of $8/10/head. The mutton market however eased $10 to $15 from the last sale’s values before the Christmas break.

Store lambs were selling from $55 to $187 while light lambs made $159 to $216/head. Trade weights returned $181 to $240 and Heavy lambs sold from $227 to $300/head.

Merino wether hoggets were limited in supply selling from $138 to $226 while Merino ewe hoggets were making $132 to $200/head. Crossbred hoggets were also in small volumes to return $180 to $210 and the best of the young rams sold to a top of $256/head.

Boning ewes were making $60 to $158, medium weights returned $150 to $210 and heavy ewes sold to a top of $220/head. Heavy wethers ranged from $170 to $240 while mature rams sold from $90 to $220/head.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

2 weeks ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 05/01/2026
896 liveweight and 13 veal / Total 909

The first sale for the year had moderate numbers with large lines of cows, grown heifers and yearling heifers being the highlight of the sale. The remainder of the sale was made up of several good runs of weaners and tail end pastoral calves with very few bulls available. Values remained consistent with the previous market with weaner steers reaching 470c and cows selling up to 338c/kg.

Local weaner steers were selling from 356c to 470c while weaner heifers were making 220c to 378c/kg. Most local yearling steers were over 330kg selling from 366c to 450c while yearling heifers under 330kg ranged from 180c to 350c and with more weight and frame sold up to 386c/kg. Pastoral steer calves started from 244c up to 412c and pastoral heifers from 180c to 360c all quality dependent.

The very limited number of grown steers made 272c to 370c while grown heifers returned 300c to 376c/kg.
Store cows ranged from 150c to 280c, medium weight cows from 290c to 320c and heavy cows sold to a top of 338c/kg.

Young bulls were very limited in supply and the best of them realized 372c while heavy bulls, also scarce, sold from 300c to 334c/kg.

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