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Pics and prices: Cull ewes reach €120 at Dowra

400 spring lambs were on offer at Dowra Mart’s sheep sale on Friday (June 5th), according to a mart spokesperson.

They reported that “trade held well” for spring lambs, hoggets and cull ewes, while prices increased for ewes with lambs at foot.

Factory spring lambs earned €100-€127.50/head while store lambs fetched up to €105/head. €80-€122/head was paid for hoggets and cull ewes reached a top price of €120/head.

Spring lambs:

  • X6 50kg – €127.50;
  • X10 48kg – €127.50;
  • X18 48kg – €127.50;
  • X15 48kg – €127;
  • X11 46kg – €126;
  • X25 47kg – €125;
  • X9 42.5kg – €122;
  • X9 43.5kg – €118.50;
  • X12 43.5kg – €118.50;
  • X12 41kg – €113.50;
  • X8 40.5kg – €110;
  • X15 39kg – €106;
  • X10 38kg – €100.50.

[Spring lambs – X18 48kg – €127.50 each – €2.65/kg]

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[Spring lambs – X6 50kg – €127.50 each – €2.55/kg]

[Spring lambs – X25 47kg – €125.50 each – €2.67/Kg]

[Hogget ram – 64kg – €116 – €1.81/kg]

[2 Hogget Ewes – 60kg – €122 each – €2.03/kg]

[3 dry ewes – 100kg – €120 each – €1.20/kg]

[10 hoggets with 10 lambs – €197 each]

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