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PRIMARY PRODUCER INFORMATION SESSION
All Primary Producers are invited to a FREE weather and protein market outlook featuring Channel 7’s Jane Bunn and JBS’ Steve Chapman and Brendon Geary
FEBRUARY 23RD & 24TH
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Town Hall
23rd
Eaglehawk Football Netball Club
Friday 24th February 9:30am - 11:30am Morning tea provided
Sheep Market
THERE was similar lamb supply at Bendigo on Monday but sheep numbers more than doubled off the low yarding of a week ago.
Demand for lamb was weaker and often erratic over a plainer quality yarding that didn’t quite have the shape and finish of last Monday.
Prices were from $5 to $10 softer over light and trade lambs, but up to $15 came off the heavier lambs sized above 26kg cwt that had been selling very strongly at recent markets.
One major exporter only wanted heavy grass fed lambs today and auctioneers were advising if pens were off grain or grass.
Heaviest shorn lambs over 30kg cwt $224 to a top of $259. The heavy 26-30kg lambs fluctuated from $197 to $238 depending on fat cover and shape.
Best heavy trades $194 to $212; medium trades in 22-24kg range $170 to $197. The ballpark cost for all those processing lambs was 760c to 820c/kg cwt.
Better bred light lambs $100 to $135 to a mix of restocking and processing. There was a draft of Dorpers from NSW pastoral country which were announced as being suspect for seed contamination and these were severely discounted.
Demand lifted for sheep with all classes of mutton dearer, led by heavy ewes which gained up to $20/head. There was some buying activity for the Cobram abattoir which re-opened this week. Big crossbred ewes $118 to $150, and heavy Merinos in a skin to $144. General run of sheep $70 to $110.
Crossbred Lambs
WJ Whatley Goornong (20) $248, P Webb Bridgewater (50) $245, SN & DA Turnbull Bridgewater Nth (40) $238, AK Collins Bridgewater (77) $235, Burnewang Nth Past Rochester (85) $233, TJ & AB Dixon Echuca (8) $230, D & C Gunther Pyramid Hill (62) $230, Raleigh Estate Rochester (71) $228, Wokanmel Past Co Rochester (31) $225, D & H McKinley Leichardt (47) $224, P & T Colvin Powlett Plains (34) $224, Wattleton P/L Traynors Lagoon (47) $224, G & L Langley Newbridge (60) $224, DJ & AL
