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11 hours ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 02/06/2026
Yarding 5,116 / sheep 1,874/ lambs 3,242

Numbers declined substantially this week mostly due to widespread severe weather and the long weekend also a factor. A handful of new season lambs have started to appear while heavy lamb supply was back in volume. With feedlot and processing operators displaying less competition resulted in a generally softer market with the exception of heavy mutton. Store lambs were back $10/15 while heavier lambs eased $5/10 and heavy mutton gained $10/12/head.

Store lambs started from $45 up to $206 while light lambs made $156 to $230/head. Trade weights returned $196 to $245 while heavy lambs sold from $229 to $280 and cwt’s over 26kg sold from $280 to $332/head.

Merino wether hoggets sold from $120 to $232 while Merino ewe hoggets were making $130 to $210/head. Crossbred hoggets ranged from $130 to $255 and younger rams sold to a top of $270/head.

Boning ewes were making $70 to $180 while medium weights returned $168 to $230 and heavy ewes sold to a top of $270/head. Heavy wethers ranged from $226 to $280 while mature rams sold from $90 to $150/head.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

11 hours ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 02/06/2026
Total Yarding 799

Large drafts of pastoral store steers and heifers made up a high portion of today’s sale along with several smaller runs of trade and feeder weight local cattle. Quality was back on local steers and heifers from past sales with values holding firm. The buying field was crowded resulting in pastoral calves selling well while the few cows available showing condition lifted 10c/kg.

Local weaner steers were selling from 250c to 514c while weaner heifers started from 120c up to 458c/kg. Local yearling steers returned 340c to 480c while yearling heifers were selling from 278c to 494c/kg. Pastoral store steer calves sold from 236c to 412c while pastoral heifers ranged from 232c up to 416c/kg.

Grown steers returned from 280c to 480c while grown heifers returned 380c to 414c/kg.
The limited store cows were making 220c to 276c while heavier cows lifted selling from 300c to 374 c/kg.

Young bulls ranged from 180c to 394c quality dependent and the one local bull yarded realized 318c/kg.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

1 week ago

MUCHEA SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 26/05/2026
Yarding 11,335 / sheep 2,686/ lambs 8,649

The sale total today was similar to last week with 11335 however lamb numbers were well supplied with just over 8500/head with fair representation across all categories. The buying group had the usual processors operating with several extra feedlot and restockers adding competition to the sale which started off very strong and lost a little traction as the sale progressed. Lambs across the board lifted in value today with store lambs recovering last week's cheaper trends and heavier lambs sold to a strong demand gaining $10/15/head.

Store lambs started from $75 up to $218 with bigger frames while light lambs made $160 to $234/head. Trade weights up to 22kg cwt returned $200 to $259 while heavy lambs sold from $245 to $280 and cwt’s over 26kg realized $329/head. Ram lambs ranged from $120 to $208 for light weights and topped out at $308/head for the heavy weights

Merino wether hoggets ranged from $120 to $230 with a skin while light Merino ewe hoggets were making $110 to $160 and heavy weights sold to a top of $239/head. The limited Crossbred and Dorper hoggets on offer returned $108 to $250 depending on weight and younger rams sold to a top of $204/head.

Boning ewes were making $90 to $180 while medium weights returned $170 to $221 and heavy ewes gained $10 selling to a top of $286/head. Heavy wethers ranged from $200 to $231 while mature rams sold from $120 to $180/head.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

1 week ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 25/05/2026
Total Yarding 857

Numbers were back over 1000 head after last week's weaner sale with a more even spread across all categories. Given the absence of several feedlot buyers and a lack of quality compared to last week's yarding, pricing on weaners held up pretty well and were only back marginally because of these factors. Trade weight steers and heifers as well as cows and heavy bulls all recorded firm values

Local weaner steers were selling from 400c to 528c while weaner heifers started from 220c and sold up to 482c/kg. Local yearling steers returned 320c to 512c while yearling heifers were selling from 322c to 474c/kg. Most pastoral steers were in good condition and sold from 300c up to 432c while pastoral heifers ranged from 200c up to 386c/kg.

Grown steers returned from 348c to 422c while grown heifers returned 316c to 450c/kg.
Store cows sold from 150c to 290c while medium weight returned 278c to 340c and heavy cows sold to a top of 366c/kg.

Young bulls back to paddocks ranged from 150c to 378c while exporters were buying light framed bulls to feed, selling from 280c to 362c and heavy bulls returned 220c to 340c/kg.

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Muchea Livestock Centre

2 weeks ago

MUCHEA CATTLE REPORT 18/05/2026
Total Yarding 1991

Today's sale was predominantly a yearling and weaner sale with light supplies of Trade weight steers and heifers as well as shorter numbers of cows. Feedlot buyers from both Northern and southern areas were amongst the regular buying group ensuring a very strong sale with gains in most categories of younger cattle.

Local weaner steers gained 40/50c starting from 340c with most lots selling from 450c to 550c while weaner heifers lifted 30/35c making 300c to 514c/kg. Local yearling steers under 400kg were dearer by 30/40c to return 404c to 534c and heavier weights were firm selling from 396c to 482c/kg. Yearling heifers under 400kg also lifted 30/40c making 300c to 502c and with more weight and frame sold from 400c to 442c/kg. Pastoral steer calves showing cover ranged from 350c to 474c while pastoral heifers made 150c to 412c over a wider range of condition.

Grown steers returned 316c to 428c while the few grown heifers yarded realized 364c to 400c/kg.
Store cows gained 10/15c selling from 150c to 314c while medium and heavy cows eased 5/10c to return 300c to 336c for medium weights and heavy cows sold to a top of 360c/kg.

Young bulls back to paddocks or to exporters made 250c to 370c while heavy bulls sold from 250c to 344c/kg.

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