Agents penned a slightly bigger yarding of 11,900 at Monday’s Corowa Market.
The quality was very good across all categories with excellent fresh new season lambs on offer.
A number of buyers were absent again this week, however despite this, prices kicked as the market progressed with new season lambs jumping by $5 to $8/head.
Trade weight new season lambs were very well supplied. Light and medium weights sold from $141 and $166, jumping $5 to $7/head.
Prices increased $5 on the 22 to 24kg lambs, which made from $164 to $176/head, averaging 705c/kg cwt. Competition between domestic and export processors across heavy lambs resulted in a rise of $8, selling from $167 to $181/head.
Heavy export lambs lifted in supply to make from $173 to $198/head, and averaged 637c/kg cwt.
Old lambs sold to mixed trends. Heavy trade and heavy lambs slipped by $3 to $6, making from $144 to $160/head, whilst heavy export types sold to dearer trends selling up to $220/head.
Merino lambs sold to dearer trends with heavy weight lambs reaching $180/head.
Heavy trade lambs made from $141 to $156/head.
Mutton was well-supplied and the quality was mixed with additional weight this week. Heavy 4 score cross bred ewes sold from $156 to $181, to average 546c/kg cwt firm to $2/head stronger.
Heavy merino ewes reached $169 gaining $6/head. Trade sheep averaged 601c/kg cwt selling from $114 to $146/head.
TRADING NAME DISTRICT HEAD PRICE AGENT
SUCKERSCW Coyle & Sons Barnawartha 20 $198.2 ELD
Watch Hill Goorambat 46 $186.20 ROD
TW Leitch Boweya North 44 $186.00 PSN
MT Sorraghan Taminick 57 $185.20 AWN
JE Merryless & Co Carrathool 112 $181.20 ELD
J Steel Benalla 91 $181.00 ROD
JW & JA Dehennin Talgarno 39 $179.00 ELD
J & B Hartnett Talgarno 32 $178.60 ELD
JF Dowling & Son Mulwala 37 $178.20 PSN
M & T Quinn Mullengandra 15 $178.00 PSN
D Quirck Arcadia 103 $176.00 AWN
SHORN LAMBS
GJ Bennett & Son Barooga 29 $220.00 PSN
AP & RB O’Keefe Culcairn 19 $210.00 PSN
Kentucky P/L Coreen 129 $206.00 ELD
WW Godde Culcairn 15 $200.00 PSN
Edward McCulloch Bundalong 22 $171.00 PSN
Merkel Wines Myrrhee 67 $160.00 AWN
MERINO LAMBS
Willandra Merino Stud Jerilderie 55 $180.00 ELD
KD Williams Brimin 54 $178.60 ELD
L Hartwig Greta 41 $174.00 AWN
R & K Bennett Tarrawingee 21 $171.00 ROD
B Gibson Taminick 16 $170.20 AWN
Triangle Park Daysdale 52 $170.20 PSN
CL Shirmer Walla Walla 48 $168.20 PSN
IT & JA Hueske Walla Walla 106 $163.20 PSN
NJ Amery Mt Bruno 88 $158.00 PSN
XB EWES
GR Habeck Chiltern 12 $174.00 PSN
AP & RB O’Keefe Culcairn 149 $173.00 PSN
JB & MC Conroy Bungowannah 105 $169.00 PSN
TW Leitch Boweya North 22 $168.00 PSN
AC Kerr Oaklands 16 $165.00 PSN
G & S Schilg Burrumbutock 17 $156.20 ELD
Cammic P/l Culcairn 45 $144.00 ROD
MERINO EWES
DG & HT Lieschke Walla Walla 34 $169.00 PSN
L Tait Oaklands 25 $158.00 PSN
Marshall Noms Berrigan 60 $158.00 ELD