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23 hours ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 01.09.2026
Yarding 4,524 / sheep 2,603/ lambs 1,921

It was a lighter sale this week as old season lamb supplies fall away and less than 500 new season lambs were offered in the yarding while older sheep numbers remained at around 2500/head. Although mutton was presented with more weight this week, values remained equal to last week's price ranges regardless of the extra weight. The buyer gallery was attended by the usual processors and limited restockers as most categories of lambs remained firm with the exception of heavier old season lambs easing slightly.

New Season store lambs ranged from $120 to $180 while light lambs made $182 to $190/head. Trade weights returned $220 to $255 and heavy lambs from $240 to $273/head.

While there were some reasonable drafts of old season lambs there were again, many pens containing 1 to 5 head and overall ranged from $60 up to $172 while light lambs sold from $153 to $207/head to remain firm on last week. Heavier old season lambs eased slightly with trade weights selling from $180 to $234 while heavy lambs returned $246 to $280/head

Few Merino wether hoggets were presented with stores selling from $120 to $180 while heavier frames sold to a top of $260/head. There were even less Merino ewe hoggets and were all in store condition selling from $164 to $209/head. Crossbred hoggets returned $170 to $228 and younger rams sold to a top of $180/head.

Light plain ewes sold from $100 to $151 while boning ewes were making $160 to $190/head. Medium weights returned $172 to $240 and heavy ewes sold to a top of $260/head. Heavy wethers ranged from $200 to $260 while mature rams sold from $120 to $180/head.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

2 days ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 31/08/2026
Total Yarding 1885

It was a larger sale this week at Muchea and was dominated by local and pastoral weaners, particularly Heifers at 981 head. The buyer gallery was well represented again with regular faces as well as restocker and feedlot buyers from various areas across the state. Local weaner steers gained 10/15c while pastoral steer calves also lifted 25/30c/kg. Local weaner heifers were dearer by 20/25c and pastoral heifers remained firm to slightly dearer.

Local weaner steers were selling from 480c to 586c while plainer weaner heifers started from 226c and sold up to 546c for better types. The few local yearling steers yarded sold from 460c to 544c while local yearling heifers were selling from 360c to 486c/kg. Pastoral steer calves varied in condition and breeding with plain types starting from 248c and better droughtmaster calves sold to a top of 440c/kg. Pastoral heifer calves were also penned in a wide range of breeding and condition starting at 100c up to 440c while yearlings returned 100c to 384c/kg.

Grown steers were making 332c to 466c while grown heifers returned 338c to 442c/kg.
Plain Light framed pastoral store cows sold from 130c to 250c while bigger framed store cows made 258c to 300c/kg. Medium weight cows returned 300c to 336c and heavy cows sold to a top of 348c/kg.

Young store bulls started from 136c and with better condition and competition from live exporters sold up to 448c/kg. Heavy pastoral bulls made 288c to 344c and local bulls sold from 320c to 338c/kg.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

1 week ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 25.08.2026
Yarding 6,797 / sheep 2,759/ lambs 4,038

Throughput more than doubled from last weeks light sale with almost 7000 head yarded at Muchea today. Again Old season lamb supply dominated in volume while new season lambs remain conservative at around 500 head. The buyer gallery was fielded by the usual processor group as well as several seasonal restockers who were conservatively bidding on selected pens with dentition in mind.There were a lot of clean up lots with no more than 5 head amongst the odd large draft of store lambs. The market took a hit today with Old season lambs easing $10/15 while the mutton market was cheaper by $8/10/head.

New season store lambs sold from $70 to $179 while light lambs made $170 to $200/head. New season trade weight lambs sold from $190 to $245 and heavy lambs realized $327/head.

Old season store lambs eased $10/12 starting from $50 up to $174 while light lambs were also back $10/12 making $144 to $197/head. Old season trade and heavy weight lambs followed suit to return $177 to $230 for trade weights, easing $10 to $15 as did heavy lambs selling to $291 while the best ram lambs reached $280/head.

Store Merino wether hoggets sold from $120 to $186 while heavy weights with a fleece topped at $250/head. Very few Merino ewe hoggets were yarded and were on the light side selling from $145 to $172/head. Crossbred hoggets eased $15/20 with heavier frames making $143 to $251 and younger rams sold to a top of $200/head.

Mutton was generally cheaper by $8/10 with boning grades making $97 to $180 while medium weights returned $160 to $238 and heavy ewes sold to a top of $250/head. Heavy wethers ranged from $220 to $270 while mature rams sold from $100 to $184/head.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

1 week ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 24/08/2026
Total Yarding 757

Today's sale offered a conservative yarding with most categories reasonably represented. The buying field was attended by a healthy cross section of processors, feedlot buyers and restockers. Most Steer and heifer categories were firm to slightly dearer while pastoral numbers were much lighter and while quality and pricing did not reach last weeks highs, comparatively values remained equal. The cow market remained firm while young bulls eased significantly with Live export demand falling away.

Local weaner steers were selling from 320c to 574c while weaner heifers started from 300c and sold up to 494c/kg. Local yearling steers weighing under 400kg returned 366c to 526c and heavier weights from 472c to 516c/kg. Yearling heifers under 400kg were selling from 350c to 472c and with more weight and frame sold from 400c to 482c/kg. Pastoral steer calves and yearlings ranged from 300c to 416c while pastoral heifer calves made 200c to 442c and yearlings from 250c to 386c/kg.

Grown steers returned 314c to 480c while grown heifers returned 340c to 470c/kg.
Light framed pastoral store cows sold from 100c to 246c while bigger framed local store cows made 250c to 330c/kg. Medium weight cows sold to 344c and heavy cows realized 360c/kg.

As demand fell away from live export, young bulls eased 60/80c and ranged from 180c to 392c while heavy pastoral bulls sold from 270c to 340c and the few local bulls yarded gained 10/15c selling from 324c to 352c/kg.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

2 weeks ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 18.08.2026
Yarding 3,270 / sheep 1,428/ lambs 1,842

Today's yarding was limited in both lamb and sheep supplies with less than 2000 head in both categories. There were highlights to the sale with several lines of well presented heavy Merino ewes to realize $280 as well as several pens of good new season lambs and a pen of extra heavy old season lambs reaching a top of $320/head. Other highlights in the sale were a pen of neat Merino lambs making $270 and a pen of ram hoggets selling to a top of $300/head. The remainder of the sale was made up of plain store lines in most categories. Heavy ewes lifted in value today while the lamb market started off firm and slowly fell cheaper as the sale progressed.

New season store and light lambs sold from $150 to $206 while trade weights made $220 to $250 and heavy lambs realized $275/head.

Old season store lambs were cheaper by $5/7 starting from $80 up to $180 while light lambs made $170 to $210/head. Trade weights returned $181 to $240 and most heavy lambs sold from $236 to $275 with one exceptional pen of extra heavy lambs making $320/head. Ram lambs with good fat cover sold from $220 to $270/head.

Merino wether hoggets were fairly light in weight ranging from $130 to $210 while Merino ewe hoggets were making $210 to $223/head. Heavy Crossbred hoggets returned $200 to $271 and 1 pen of exceptional young Merino rams hoggets weighing well over 100kgs liveweight sold to a top of $300/head.

Plain light ewes started from $70 to $110 while better boning grades were making $120 to $196/head. Medium ewes returned $190 to $235 and heavy ewes gained $15/20 selling from $240 to $280/head. Heavy wethers also sold to a top of $280 while aged rams returned $50 to $190/head.

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