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EARLY CALLLOT feeders have kept thelambmarket strong however,with drying conditions in thenorth, producers have beenforced to make decisionsearlier than usual.
AuctionsPlus market op-erator Anna Adams, Sydney,said prices for store lambshad risen in the past month,with numbers starting toslow down, especially from
southern parts of the state.Ms Adams said more store
sheep had started comingfrom the central and north-ern areas of the state, whichwas seasonal.
“They always tend to sella bit later than the south,”she said.
Lamb demand has beenstrong from lot feeders,looking for store condi-tioned sheep.
Ms Adams said there had
been more and more profes-sional feeders using the siteto buy lambs, as they haveaccess to data on the sheep’sweight and history, makingthem easier to purchase forspecification.
Although there had stillbeen good demand fromrestockers buying on Auc-tionsPlus, Ms Adams said ithad mainly been lot feedersbuying store lambs,weighingusually 32kg plus.
Delta Livestock and prop-erty livestock manager Aar-on Mackay, Wagga Wagga,said prices and supply hadbeen “jumping around” inrecent weeks.
“Some people are enjoy-ing good seasonal condi-tions and for other parts, it’stough,” he said.
Mr Mackay said prices forlambs had been hoveringabout the 500 cents a kilo-gram mark and had been on
the better end of 500c/kg forquite some time.
“Lamb fatteners are pay-ing tremendous money forthe right lambs,” he said.
Purtle Plevey stock andstation agent Patrick Pur-tle, Tamworth, said with adecrease in seasonal condi-tions, significantly in the pastfortnight, some producershad sold lambs early.
These had been wellsought after by restockers
and finishers.Mr Purtle said there’d
been more lambs sold inrecent weeks and prices haddropped slightly.
“Most of the good storelambs have still been mak-ing $90 a head plus though,”he said.
With another seasonalbreak, Mr Purtle said lambswould be in good demand asit could coincide with peoplegrowing oats.
BY AMELIAWILLIAMS
FeedlotsofferoptionsWITH dry conditionslimiting his finishingoptions, AlistairJones, “Wonga-bindie”, Pallamallawa,decided to alter hisusual lamb marketing.This week, Mr Jonessold 820 mixed-sexsix-month-old lambsto Fletcher Interna-tional for $95 a head.The lambs weighedbetween 38 to 40kilograms and willbe sent to KiagatharFeedlot, Condobolin,for the heavy lambexport market. Alistair Jones, "Wongabindie", Pallamallawa, usually sells his lambs over-the-hook, but sold them earlier than normal due to dry conditions.
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