It was another strong market, posting the best carcass price rates for lamb, Deniliquin has seen.
It matched the dearer money achieved across the industry in the past week.
There was also a new price high of $311/head for this selling centre.
Total sales came to about $1,035,932, for an average price of $152.
All the regular buyers were active, plus some extra support from an exporter which doesn’t always operate at these smaller winter markets.
The lead of the crossbred were handy quality, with no export weighted lambs above 30kg carcass weight on offer.
Making up the numbers were some lines of lighter Merino lambs and late drop Dorper store lambs.
Competition for light lambs, particularly plainer Merinos with little fat cover, wasn’t as heated compared to the better processing lambs above 21kg carcass weight, which were keenly sought by buyers.
The lead drafts of crossbred lambs $268 to a top of $311/head.
The best trade weights sold from $226 to $268/head, with Dorpers in this run selling to $235/head. Plainer trades with less weight made from $190 to $220/head.
Most of the better presented processing lambs trended between 1000c to 1100c/kg carcase weight, with select pens higher to around 1150c/kg on occasion.
Light lambs tended to be a bit more hit and miss in regards to buyer support and price, ranging from an estimated 800c to just over 1000c/kg depending on quality and number in a pen.
The higher priced light lambs tended to have more shape and fat cover.
A run of small and light Merino lambs varied from $50 to $125/head, with some bigger framed Merinos to $150/head.
The main lines of young Dorper lambs $105 to $148/head to restockers.
There wasn’t a lot of weight in the sheep offering this market, and any heavier mutton received strong export interest at up to $263 for forward conditioned Merino ewes with no skin. The heaviest meat ewes sold from $200 to $240/head.
Leaner trade sheep made from $130 to $170/head, with the lightest ewes down to $70/head.
Mutton tracked either side of 700c/kg carcase weight, with heavier mutton achieving the best carcass rates.
Top sales:
Lambs - IR Landale, $311; Pisasale Farms Pty Ltd $307.
Sheep - NF & JP Armytage, $256; IB Thomson, $256; L Whyborn, $240.
~ Details supplied by Meat & Livestock Australia market reporter Jenny Kelly and Deniliquin Saleyards manager Greg White, on behalf of the Deniliquin Associated Agents.
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