MURRAY BRIDGE
Yarding: 1000
Crossbred lambs to $125
Wether lambs to $80
IT was almost a case of more people than sheep at the Murray Bridge prime lamb sale on Monday.
With most of the region’s new season sucker lambs already sold off, numbers were hard to come by, with a yarding of about 1000.
Elders Murray Bridge’s Phil Nagel said supply was very tight.
The trade was strong, and store buyers, particularly from the South East, were very strong.
- PHIL NAGEL
“New season sucker lamb sales are almost finished,” he said.
While numbers were scarce, Mr Nagel was happy with how the sale went.
“The trade was strong, and store buyers, particularly from the South East, were very strong,” he said.
Kicking off the sale was 74 crossbred lambs from B&T Sonntag, Mannum, making $118, knocked down to Thomas Foods International.
The sale’s top price went to RD Thiele, Monarto South, with 46 crossbred lambs sold for $125 to TFI.
While the sale’s second highest price of $122 went to MR Modra, Rockleigh, for 70 lambs going to Austral Meats. The Modras also sold 24 at $106 to Austral.
Austral also bought 55 lambs for $100 from KJ,CE&BD Poole, Sherlock.
DJ&DK Hollands, Mount Barker, sold seven lambs at $118 to Austral.
SE buyer Nampara Pastoral, Kingston, bought 79 lambs from Williss Nominees, Brinkley, for $100, along with 59 from Raminian, Brinkley, at $96, along with a further 102 at $96 from the same vendor.
Kevin Spinks, Naturi, sold 15 lambs at $96 to Nampara.
MR&VA Jaensch, Callington, sold 50 lambs for $118, while MR&TK Paech, Tepko, sold 20 lambs for $120 to TFI, along with 50 at $97.
Selling four shorn lambs for $101 to TFI was LP Schutz, Tailem Bend.
B&B Goodridge, Ettrick, sold 18 lambs at $98, 43 at $94 and three at $91.
Selling four heavy lambs at $122 was B Reschke, Mannum, knocked down to Male’s Meat, Mannum, along with a further five at the same price.
The same vendor made the top price for hoggets at $72 for two that sold to TFI.
Maczkowiack Bros, Moorlands, sold two hoggets at $65, along with a further five at $62.
Merino wether lambs made to $80, for 30 from J&C Hein, Murray Bridge, knocked down to Thornby feedlot.
One pen of 26, 5.5-year-old ewes from HT Hein, Pallamana, sold for $91.
This week was the last of the prime sales to be held on a Monday at Murray Bridge.
From October 12, the fortnightly Murray Bridge sales will return to Wednesday, while a store sheep sale will be held at the Murray Bridge saleyards on Monday, October 10.
