A pen of exceptional Tullamore lambs topped Tuesday's sale at $305 a head at the Forbes Central West Livestock Exchange.
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The pen of 36 were from Kevin Robyn and Ross McMahon, and sold by VC Reid.
This week's sheep sale saw another large yarding of 30450.
The NLRS reports lamb quality was fair with a good offering of grain fed finished lambs along with the plainer types. The usual buyers were present and competing in another dearer market. Light lambs sold from $135 to $144/head.
Trade weights lifted $8 with prices ranging from $146 to $201/head. Heavy and extra heavyweight lambs were $10/head dearer on a quality offering. Heavy lambs to 26kg sold from $194 to $224/head. Extra heavyweights ranged in price from $230 to $305/head. Mutton numbers were made up of mostly Merinos and quality was mixed. Prices jumped with Merino ewes selling from $112 to $260/head.
Monday's cattle sale saw a slight drop in yarding, with 1721 head offered for sale and MLA's National Livestock Reporting Agency describing quality as very mixed.
The usual buyers were present and competing along with restockers, in a market that was firm to dearer on the better cattle, but showed a cheaper trend on the plainer lighter types.
Vealer steers and heifers to restockers sold from 155c to 265c/kg. Yearling steers to processors improved 5c, to sell from 250c to 306c/kg. Those to feed eased from 15c to 20c, particularly on the lighter lines. Light weights sold from 229c to 275c, with middle and heavy weights receiving 230c to 310c/kg.
Restockers paid from 220c to 274c/kg for the plainer types. The heifer portion to processors increased 10c, to make from 230c to 293c, while those to feed eased 6c, to sell from 205c to 274c/kg. Heavy steers and bullocks improved 10c, to make from 285c to 305c, while grown heifers sold from 220c to 260c/kg.
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