Spring lamb prices slow to a simmer

KB
August 13 2020 - 5:00am
Chris and Brett Thomas, The Rock, penned up 424 new season lambs for sale this week, with the tops sold at the Wagga Wagga saleyards today. Photo: Olivia Calver
Chris and Brett Thomas, The Rock, penned up 424 new season lambs for sale this week, with the tops sold at the Wagga Wagga saleyards today. Photo: Olivia Calver

PREDICTED softer lamb prices in spring and suckers hitting the market about three weeks earlier than normal have meant graziers have had to reassess their marketing plans heading into the warmer weather.

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Karen Bailey

Market analyst

Agricultural markets analyst and journalist for The Land newspaper. Former national cattle and lamb/sheep market analyst with Meat and Livestock Australia.

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