Corowa’s Market on Monday again yielded lower results to the previous market with a total 12,300 yarded an overall decrease 2,500 sheep and lambs.
The quality was mixed with some very good heavy sheep offered. The lamb quality was also mixed across the new season offering with some lambs showing dryness in their skins and others still good condition.
Restockers were keenly participating across the entire market taking home store lambs, young ewes and also pens of rams. The regular field of buyers were present operating in a pretty firm market trend with some lifts in restocker sales.
The quality of new season lambs was consistent with last week’s offering with a few very good pens available amongst the dryer lots. Light and medium trade lambs, 18-22kg were the regular supermarket competition selling from $137 to $173/head. Heavy trade, 22-24kg only eased $2 remaining pretty steady making from $169 to $180/head to average 726c/kg cwt. Domestic and export processors were keen to compete on the good offering of heavy lambs with prices remaining firm to only $4 softer, selling from $180 to $198/head. Export buyers were offered some good heavy export types today with lambs weighing 26-30kg lambs selling from $196 to $225 to average 731c/kg cwt, easing $3/head. Another good offering of heavy 4 score hoggets were available selling from $180 to $197/head to average 597c/kg cwt.
A very good selection of heavy and trade weight mutton was available with buyers all keen to participate. Well finished heavy 4 score cross bred ewes made from $156 to $223/head to average 573c, easing 14c/kg cwt. The Merino 4 score ewes reached $201 and the 2 and 3 score ewes sold from $94 to $147/head.
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