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.