Corowa Market was held on Monday 29 July with 10,820 lambs yarded for a decrease of 2,230 from the previous week, 5,080 sheep were yarded with an increase of 430.
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Numbers reduced slightly from last week with a few last minute vendors pulling out of the market due to good falls of rain overnight.
The rain continued throughout the sale and the regular field of buyers were not present with not all processors operating fully.
The market was weaker by up to $30/head with a large percentage of pens passed in.
The quality was mixed across all weights and grades with the bulk of the yarding being supplementary fed.
Feedlot and restocker buyers were relatively quiet throughout the sale with processors dominating the market.
Light and medium trade lambs were well supplied easing a further $14 to $15 this week selling between $162 and $215/head.
A good quality line of heavy trade lambs were offered, however, processors were not keen to pay top dollar today with this category sliding $11 making between $220 and $232/head to average 842c/kg cwt.
Processors leapt into the light lamb category with MK bag lambs selling between $116 and $166 slipping up to $23/head for the heavy types.
Supply remains solid for well finished heavy lambs suiting the export and domestic market, despite the good quality prices eased $21 selling between $228 and $245/head.
There were limited pens of extra heavy export lambs offered this week with limited competition resulting in a price correction of up to $29/head.
Lambs weighing over 26kg made between $248 and $290/head, to average 877c/kg cwt.
Good numbers of mixed quality mutton was offered selling up to $30/head easier.
Well finished heavy 4 score crossbred ewes were making between $152 to $190/head to average 603c/kg cwt.
Merino 4 score ewes reached $195/head to average 591c/kg cwt.
Light 2 and 3 score ewes were making between $94 and $142/head.
Corowa Top Results
Shorn Lambs
86 Hermiston Ag Mulwala $290
80 Kentucky Corowa $290
44 DG & HT Lieschke Walla Walla $265
91 Sargood Corowa $250
49 Wegener Past Co Walla Walla $245
63 D & J Gray Mulwala $240
101 MW & KM Lavis Corowa $240
27 DA & BJ Thomas Mulwala $231
76 Murray Vale Farms Barooga $230
68 AP & RB O’Keefe Culcairn $226
56 Rudd Past Co Katamatite $221.20
Merino Lambs
142 NR McKenzie & Son Corowa $222
165 Valeclare Farms Corowa $194
91 KD Williams Brimin $194
43 Brookvale Jerilderie $189
180 Rivalea Australia Corowa $186.20
80 Hood & Lundie Deniliquin $182
49 DG & HT Lieschke Walla Walla $182
XBred Ewes
73 BJ Demeo Berrigan $177.20
24 WJ Clifton Lowesdale $175
16 Kismet Stud Howlong $174.20
26 LL Vile & Sons Howlong $173.20
10 AD & SE Hill Molyullah $170
100 Viewbank Pines Bungeet $168
Merino Ewes
37 L Tait Oaklands $175.20
45 Valeclare Farms Corowa $175
219w GJ & MM McMaster Walbundrie $164.20
119 C Thomas Finley $144