HAMILTON agents yarded 5000 lambs and 650 sheep at Wednesday’s market being a similar number to the previous week.
Quality was not as good as last week’s offering with less finish and fewer shorn lambs available to the buyer’s gallery where most were present but not fully active.
The sheep yarding was principally made up of crossbred ewes covering most weights and grades.
No feeder competition was evident and little store competition.
Despite the quality and weight drop, the market remained firm to dearer by $5 per head more so for the good trade lambs 18 to 26kg with most of the better lambs to the trade realising between 380c and 500c/kg cwt.
Top lambs made to $125p/hd.
Sheep were softer by $5 to $10p/hd.
Light 12 to 16kg lambs made from $13 to $72p/hd.
Trade lambs 18 to 22kg from $69 to $115 with medium weight lambs to the trade 22 to 26kg making from $98 to $125p/hd.
Hoggets sold to $55p/hd.
Heavy crossbred ewes sold to $32 with Merino wethers to $35p/hd.
The general run of good to medium mutton realised between 90 and 170c/kg cwt.
Rams varied in price from $5 to $29p/hd.
LANYONS
XB Lambs: D & S McFarlane, Branxholme, $98; D & S McFarlane, Branxholme, $93; KJ & AJ Carroll, Yambuk, $79.
XB Ewes: Dawsons Park, Homerton, $35; Dawsons Park, Homerton, $29.
ELDERS
XB Lambs: RG & D Beck & Son, Strathdownie, $118; RG & D Beck & Son, Strathdownie, $110; RG & D Beck & Son, Strathdownie, $100; B Richards, Branxholme, $66; Allambi, Wannon, $62.
XB Wethers: Lewis, Hawkesdale, $36; G & J Doyle, Yulecart, $36.
J.M. ELLIS & CO
XB Lambs: Greenbanks P/S, Condah, $113; Greenbanks P/S, Condah, $100; Greenbanks P/S, Condah, $98; M & L Mahoney, $77; R & M McFarlane, Coleraine, $74; D & R Jaeschke, Wannon, $70.
XB Ewes: Greenbanks P/S, Condah, $36; A & K Lewis, Melville Forest, $25; G & A Linke, Penshurst, $24.
Merino Wethers: I Uebergang, Tarrington, $32; S Cay Tarrington, $28.
SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
XB Lambs: Terry Howley, Tarrone, $125; Terry Howley, Tarrone, $118; NG & HL Richardson, Hawkesdale, $100; RW & EM Mann, Hexham, $100; Hall Pastoral, Casterton, $98; Smokey River, Hotspur, $95; N & A L Lilley, Orford, $92; Hall Pastoral, Casterton, $88; NG & HL Richardson, Hawkesdale, $78; RW & EM Mann, Hexham, $78; O’Toole Family Trust, Hawkesdale, $72.
L.M.B. LIVESTOCK
XB Lambs: G & L Huf, Cavendish, $123; M & L Kearney, Cavendish, $115; J & C Roads, Hamilton, $115; L & K O’Connell, Crossley, $114; J & C Luhrs, Mooralla, $110; M & L Kearney, Cavendish, $106; AJ Dyke, Paschendale, $102; J & C Roads, Hamilton, $102; PJ & KN Linke, Penshurst, $102; G & L Huf, Cavendish, $102.
XB Ewes: T Benson, Coleraine, $34.
XB Wethers: Englewood, Balmoral, $44; I & K O’Connell, Crossley, $44.
KERR & CO. LIVESTOCK
Lambs: Grosvenor, Condah, $115; H Farragher, Koroit, $114; P & B Noonan, Hawkesdale, $112; D & C Gordon, Condah, $112; R & G Anderson, Hawkesdale, $110; R & G Anderson, Hawkesdale, $106; R & G Anderson, Hawkesdale, $105; Grosvenor, Condah, $103; A Eales, Penshurst, $102; McCrae Trading Trust, Woolsthorpe, $102; Glenandrea Trust, Penshurst, $96; T & N Bensch, Penshurst, $92.
Ewes: C Nolan, Hensley Park, $32; Chetwynd East, Tyrendarra, $30.
NUTRIEN LIVESTOCK
XB Lambs: A & G Outtram, Portland, $124; A & L Leeson, Condah, $117; Worthing East Trust P/L, Henty, $90; Worthing East Trust P/L, Henty, $82; AS & L Parker, Mortlake, $60; Woorndoo Park, Woorndoo, $54; B Plunkett, Coleraine, $54; JRI P/Ship, Merino, $52.
