New season lamb prices lift in NSW as domestic demand for quality intensifies - Sheep Central
New season lamb prices lift in NSW as domestic demand for quality intensifies By Sheep Central, 29 July 2015 . New season lamb prices improved up to $12 early this week as domestic processors and buyers competed strongly on more sucker drafts in... com/new-season-lamb-prices-lift-in-nsw-as-domestic-demand-for-quality-intensifies/. New season lamb prices improved up to $12 early this week as domestic processors and buyers competed strongly on more sucker drafts in New South Wales and South Australian saleyards. The National Livestock Reporting Service quoted trade weight, 18. 1-22kg cwt, new season lambs at Forbes, Corowa, and Tamworth as selling consistently above 614c/kg cwt and up to 670c/kg, and lines above 22. 1 kg also made better than 604c/kg at... About a third of Forbes lamb yarding was new season lambs this week with stock agent Luke Whitty attributing the lift in demand to low numbers in Victoria. “Woolworths and Coles very strong and aggressive on the trade lambs, but the biggest factor is that there are not many lambs in Victoria and maybe a bit of wet weather around as well. At Dubbo, new season lambs made up about 10pc of the yarding, but stock agent Angus Barlow said the suckers coming through now were sappy and coming off good crops about a month earlier. Source: www.sheepcentral.com
