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MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 26/08/2025
Yarding 8,899 / sheep 4,009 / lambs 4,890

Supplies eased by approximately 3500 mostly due to wide-spread rain across the state. With the exception of the odd pen throughout the sale, quality on old season lambs in general was lighter and values reflect this. New season lambs were more prominent today but again pricing eased. Apart from mature rams the market as a whole was softer by $10/12 with most regular buyers in attendance.

New season lambs eased $8/10 with store lambs ranging from $93 to $167 and airfreight weights selling from $169 to $190/head. Trade weight lambs were selling from $175 to $221 and heavy lambs returned $233 to $290/head.

Old season store lambs eased $5/7 ranging from $50 to $174 while light lambs were back $10/15 selling from $175 to $200/head. Trade lambs were also back $10/15 to return $180 to $231 while heavy lambs remained firm to sell from $220 to $300 and extra heavy lambs up to $385/head.

Merino wether hoggets with condition were selling from $153 to $197 Merino ewe hoggets were making $100 to $180/head. Crossbred hoggets ranged from $100 to $220 and younger rams sold to a top of $300/head.

Demand for mutton eased $15/20 with boner grades making $69 to $150, medium ewes returned $160 to $198 and heavy ewes sold to a top of $236/head. Heavy wethers were also back $20 selling from $177 to $220 while mature rams gained $20 selling from $82 to $250/head.

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2 days ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 25/08/2025
Total Yarding 849

Numbers dropped this week partly due to rains across the state.The sale consisted of a run of well-breed trade weight steers and heifers along with large lines of local and pastoral cows ranging from finished to plain condition. The remainder of the sale was mostly pastoral steers and heifers in various weights and ages.

Local weaner steers were selling from 360c to 404c while local weaner heifers were making 200c to 344c/kg. Local yearling steers under 330kg sold from 340c to 400c and heavier weights from 360c to 412c/kg. Yearling heifers under 330kg were selling from 208c to 308c and with more weight and frame from 330c to 344c/kg. Pastoral steers calves ranged from 236c to 326c while weaner pastoral heifers sold from 170c to 250c and pastoral yearling heifers returned 146c to 308c depending on condition.

Local grown steers ranged from 240c to 384c while pastoral grown steers sold from 280c to 352c and grown heifers returned 220c to 358c/kg.
Light framed plain condition pastoral cows gained little interest selling from 50c to 140c while bigger framed store cows made from 150c to 250c/kg. Heavier cows gained 10/15c with medium weight cows selling for 248c to 330c and heavy cows sold to a top of 364c/kg.

Plain bulls back to paddocks sold from 150c to 250c while bulls suited for shipping were making 200c to 280c/kg. Local heavy bulls ranged from 260c to 320c and heavy Pastoral bulls from 250c to 300c/kg.

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1 week ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 19/08/2025
Yarding 12,337 / sheep 5,742 / lambs 6,595

Supplies eased in number by around 1800 head at Muchea today. The sale consisted of approximately 6000 sheep and roughly 6000 lambs and 800 new season lambs. The buyer gallery was full of regulars and very crowded with interested onlookers. Both the mutton market and the lamb market Lifted $8/10 with one pen of exceptional lambs reaching $400/head.

New season store lambs ranged from $98 to $166 while airfreight weights sold from $162 to $190/head. Trade weight lambs were selling from $190 to $220 and heavy lambs returned $225 to $275/head.

Old season store lambs started from $80 up to $178 for bigger frames while light lambs were selling from $150 to $219/head. Trade lambs returned $175 to $256 while most lines of heavy lambs sold from $198 to $341/head. One pen of extra heavy Merino lambs with a full jacket and an estimated cwt of 38kg dressed sold for $381/head and a pen of Cross-bred lambs at a similar weight realized $400/head.

Merino wether hoggets from the same vendor realized $289 again with weight and a full fleece while the remaining wethers were lighter ranging from $100 to $180/head. Plain Merino ewe hoggets were making $100 to $150 and heavy weights sold to a top of $230/head. Crossbred hoggets returned $130 to $204 and younger rams sold to a top of $300/head.

Boner mutton lifted $10 making $80 to $173 while medium ewes returned $180 to $227 gaining $7/8 and heavy ewes were dearer by $5 selling to a top of $254/head. Heavy wethers were firm selling from $150 to $250 while mature rams sold from $80 to $200/head.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

1 week ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 18/08/2025
Total Yarding 1732

Numbers jumped significantly this week with 1732 head at Muchea. The sale consisted of local and pastoral weaner and yearling calves along with increased supplies of cows and mature bulls. As well as the regular buyers in attendance the bigger sale attracted several feedlot buyers and restockers from the south lifting yearling and weaner prices 25/30c while the cow market eased 10/15c. Shipping bulls and heavy bulls also enjoyed increases in values of 15/20c/kg.

Local weaner steers were selling from 366c to 500c while weaner heifers were making 224c to 408c/kg. Local yearling steers under 330kg sold from 370c to 466c and heavier weights from 280c to 452c/kg. Yearling heifers under 330kg were selling from 220c to 398c and with more weight and frame sold up to 430c/kg. Plain Shorthorn pastoral steer calves started from 190c up to 320c for droughtmaster steers with more frame and cover. The same story for pastoral heifers starting from 136c up to 352c for bigger framed droughtmaster heifers.

Grown steers ranged from 230c to 432c while grown heifers returned 264c to 372c/kg.
Light framed pastoral store cows sold from 100c to 180c while bigger framed store cows made from 200c to 250c/kg. Medium weight cows returned 220c to 310c and heavy cows sold to a top of 344c/kg.

Plain bulls back to paddocks sold from 150c to 200c while bulls suited for shipping lifted 20c making 250c to 352c and heavy bulls gained 15c ranging from 220c to 330c/kg.

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