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1 week ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 15/04/2025

Yarding 13133 / sheep 9025 / lambs 4108

Numbers were back to just over 13000 today dropping by almost 3500 head. The sale had ballpark 4000 lambs, 5000 ewes and around 3500 hoggets and rams. Most categories of lambs were back $5/7 while mutton remained firm and rams were in demand from Live export and processors gaining $15/20/head.

There were a lot of plain very light lambs in the yarding today selling from $5 to $20 while better framed Store lambs eased $5/7 making from $30 up to $100/head. light lambs were also back $5 selling from $80 to $114 and trade lambs were cheaper by $7/10 selling from $98 to $140/head. Most heavy lambs returned $121 to $181 with one exceptional pen realizing $221 at an estimated 35kg cwt.

Store Merino wether hoggets were making $40 to $70 and heavier wethers from $80 to $132/head. Plain Merino ewe hoggets returned $30 to $60 and better ewe hoggets from $65 to $116/head. heavy Crossbred hoggets ranged from $88 to $125 and younger rams sold to a top of $180/head.

Boner ewes were making $40 to $97 while medium ewes returned $90 to $127 and heavy ewes sold up to $131/head. Heavy wethers made $100 to $130 while mature rams were sought after making from $35 to $120/head

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Muchea Livestock Centre

1 week ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 14/04/2025
Total Yarding 1208

It was a similar sale in volume to last week although the local component was more prominent with a large portion of the sale made up of local weaners, mostly Angus and a smaller mix of other British breeds. The remainder of the sale had reasonable runs of prime and feeder weight cows as well as trade weight steers and heifers and a smaller run of pastoral yearlings. Weaner prices on light weights reached a top of 434c on steers and 338c on heifers. Heavy cows and mature bulls also gained 10c while grown steers and heifers lifted 20/30c/kg.

Vealer steers under 280kg were selling from 238c to 434c and with more weight from 264c to 414c/kg. Vealer heifers under 280kg ranged from 170c up to 330c while heavier bodies sold from 240c to 338c/kg. Store yearling steers returned 198c to 320c and with better fat cover returned 328c to 400c/kg. Lighter yearling heifers sold from 272c to 356c while heavier heifers sold to a top of 352c/kg. Pastoral steer calves sold from 202c to 292c while Pastoral heifers returned 100c to 282c quality dependent.

Grown steers sold well gaining 30c, selling from 260c to 338c while grown heifers also gained 20c returning 220c to 308c/kg. Better framed Store cows made 136c to 200c while medium cows sold from 210c to 230c and prime cows from 230c to 274c, gaining 10c/kg.

Shipping bulls made 228c to 288c and slaughter bulls gained 10c to return 200c to 274c/kg.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

2 weeks ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 08/04/2025
Total Yarding 16,473 - sheep 9,949 - lambs 6,524

There was a significant jump in numbers today with roughly 6500 lambs, 5000 ewes and 5000 mixed hoggets and rams. The buyer gallery was crowded with several extra bidders including an eastern states Agent bidding on selected lines of lambs and hoggets and live exporters were also chasing light lambs and hoggets. The sale started of well but lost some traction as the sale progressed and even with the extra interest values on lighter lambs eased a little while mutton prices held firm on recent gains.

Store lambs eased $5/7 selling from $25 to $100 and light lambs followed suit making $90 to $118/head. Trade lambs were softer by $4/5 and sold from $104 to $155 and heavy lambs returned $130 to $180/head.

Merino wether hoggets with frame and cover were making $85 to $138 with a skin while Prime Merino ewe hoggets returned $85 to $130 again with a fleece. Plain Crossbred hoggets were making $49 to $85 while heavy Crossbred hoggets ranged from $90 to $120 and younger rams sold to a top $170/head.

The Mutton Market was pretty stable with very plain ewes ranging from $20 to $70 and boning ewes from $75 to $93/head. Medium ewes returned $90 to $123 and heavy ewes sold up to $135/head. The bigger framed wethers made $101 to $144 while mature rams were making $25 to $89/head.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

2 weeks ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 07/04/2025
Total Yarding 1194

Numbers increased to almost 1200 head this week with pastoral cattle dominating the sale. There were several pens of heavy grown steers and bullocks as well as the odd pen of exceptional yearlings however the vast majority of the sale consisted of back grounding and back to the paddock type steers and heifers both local and pastoral as well as pastoral bulls targeted at live export. With several restockers operating values on most stores held up well with one pen of exceptional weaner steers selling to a top of 362c. Fat cows lifted another 5c on last week while Slaughter bulls gained 20c/kg.

Weaner steers in store condition were selling from 200c to 300c and with more weight and condition sold up to 362c/kg. The limited number of local weaner heifers that were presented sold very well ranging from 242c to 310c/kg keeping in line with last weeks gains. Store yearling steers lacking weight returned 196c to 316c and with more weight and fat cover realized 358c/kg. Lighter yearling heifers sold from 128c to 254c while better heifers sold to a top of 308c/kg.

Pastoral steer calves were mostly in return to paddock condition and ranged from 140c to 300c while Pastoral heifer calves lacking size and weight started from 50c to 160c and with bigger frames and more fat cover sold from 180c to 254c/kg.

Grown steers made 230c to 280c while grown heifers were selling from 240c to 290c/kg. Light plain cows started from 50c up to 128c while better framed feeder types sold to a top of 218c/kg. Medium cows returned 210c to 238c and prime cows realized 260c/kg.

Pastoral shipping bulls consistently sold from 200c to 240c and local bulls up to 288c while slaughter bulls gained 20c selling from 150c to 268c/kg.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

3 weeks ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 01/04/2025
Total Yarding 9,260 - sheep 5,599 - lambs 3,661

Numbers were up this week with sheep volumes increasing to 5599 and lamb supplies remained at around 3500/head. The market as a whole lifted with competition strong on all categories of sheep and lambs increasing values either side of $10 across the board.

Store lambs started from $27 up to $118 while light lambs were selling from $90 to $126 gaining $8/10/head. Fatter lambs were also dearer by $10/12 with trade lambs making $118 to $157 and heavy lambs realized $183/head.

Store Merino wether hoggets were making $62 to $80 while heavier frames sold to $119 with a skin. Light framed Merino ewe hoggets returned $50 to $87 while prime hoggets sold to a top of $135/head. heavy Crossbred hoggets ranged from $80 to $146 and younger rams sold to a top $137/head.

All categories of mutton again lifted with boning grades ranging from $50 to $98, up $6/8 while medium ewes also up $10 to return $85 to $128 and heavy ewes gained $5 selling up to $134 head. Heavy wethers made $90 to $140 while mature rams were making $40 to $84/head.

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