AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings jumped 20% to 77,452 head this week, with an extra 212% of Merino Wethers and an extra 153% of Shedding Breed Lambs hitting the market, while the SIL First Cross Ewes and NSM Merino Ewes offering dropped around 60%.

The larger offering was met with a 19 percentage point drop in the clearance rate to 42%. Value Over Reserve rose by $3 to average $6 across all listings.

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AuctionsPlus commercial cattle listings rose slightly to 17,205 head. Competition was subdued however, with a clearance of 54%, do...
AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings fell 21% to 64,486 head this week, with the lamb, sheep, NSM and ram categories al...
AuctionsPlus commercial cattle listings fell by 10% to 16,743 head this week. The average values over reserve measure extended by ...
AuctionsPlus commercial cattle lifting rose slightly to 17,205 head. Competition was subdued however, with a clearance of 54%, down 10 percentage points on last week.
AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings fell 21% to 64,486 head this week. Clearance rose to 59% while Price Over Reserve fell by $10.
AuctionsPlus commercial cattle listings fell by 10% to 16,743 head this week. The average values over reserve measure extended by $16 to $96/head, indicative of strong competition within lots that were favoured by buyers.
AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings fell 6% to 78,266 head this week. The smaller offering was met with mixed competition as clearance fell by 5 percentage points to 45%.
Steers remained in relatively high demand on AuctionsPlus while female interest pulled back. The benchmark steer index stayed steady.
AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb prices were mixed this week, with the crossbred lamb indicator falling 16% to $98/head and the restocker ARLI climbing 9c to average 548c/kg lwt.
Stock levels continued their strong start to the year on AuctionsPlus with the number of head listed crossing 20,000 this week. Clearance was 56%.
AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb prices were mixed this week, with the crossbred lamb indicator rising 3% to $114/head and the restocker ARLI indicator dropping 30c to average 533c/kg lwt.

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