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SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN
Sale numbers up, lightweight lambs lead the bidding
Good-quality dairy does and bucks attracted strong bidding from buyers at the Dec. 5 sale at Winnipeg Livestock
By Mark Elliot
CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR
Producers supplied 800
sheep and goats for the
Dec. 5 sale at the Winnipeg
Livestock auction. Once
again, the Ontario market
prices are influencing the bidding.
The predictions for lamb
and goat meat prices for next
year are unknown but the predictions
for retail beef and pork
prices are to increase by four to
6.5 per cent for next year.
The average price for ewes
ranged from $0.56 to $0.79 per
pound. There was another price
range from $0.42 to $0.56 per
pound on ewes. A 100-pound
Barbado-cross ewe brought $50
($0.50 per pound). There was
increased interest by the buyers
and audience, when a group of
three bred 188-pound Dorpercross
ewes entered the arena.
These ewes brought $169.20
($0.90 per pound). A pregnant
195-pound ewe, soon to lamb,
brought $160.88 ($0.825 per
pound).
There were more rams on
offer at this sale and prices
ranged from $0.63 to $0.96 per
pound. An exception was a
180-pound Rideau-cross ram
that brought $95.40 ($0.53
per pound). The four Icelandic
rams, with massive curled
horns, presented another
option for buyers. The 150pound
Icelandic ram brought
$108 ($0.72 per pound). The
180-pound Icelandic ram
brought $112.50 ($0.625 per
pound). The 160-pound Icelandic
ram brought $120 ($0.75 per
pound). The 75-pound Icelandic
ram brought $52.50 ($0.70
per pound).
The demand remained constant
from the last sale for the
heavyweight lambs, mostly
wool breeds. The price ranged
BRIEFS
Paraguay to tax
soybean exports
ASUNCION / REUTERS/
Paraguay’s Senate has
approved a bill that
would impose a 10 per
cent tax on soybean
exports.
The levy, which still
needs lower house
approval, is intended
to support a fledgling
soy-crushing industry in
hopes the country can
move to exporting soy oil
and meal, instead of raw
beans, officials say.
The country is
expected to harvest a
record soybean crop this
season, with the government
projecting 8.4 million
tonnes compared
with last year’s droughthit
4.3 million tonnes.
But farm leaders say
the move is essential by
a tax on farmers to subsidize
crushers. Export
taxes have been a flashpoint
in Argentina, where
soy exports are taxed at a
rate of 35 per cent.
from $0.99 to $1.02 per pound,
with weight ranging from 125
to 140 pounds. The exceptions
were five 120-pound Dorpercross
lambs that brought $114
($0.95 per pound).
The demand for market
weight lambs was not as strong
as the last sale.
The wool lambs dominated
the feeder lambs on offer. The
price ranged from $1.08 to $1.23
per pound. An exception was an
80-pound Cheviot-cross lamb
that brought $74.40 ($0.93 per
pound). The hair lambs had a
price range from $0.72 to $0.99
per pound. The audience was
entertained with an 80-pound
Savy-cross lamb that brought
$84.80 ($1.06 per pound).
There was a wide variety and
selection in the lightweight
lamb classification at this
sale. The lambs in the 73- to
79-pound range attracted bidding
similar to feeder lambs.
The price ranged from $1.02
to $1.23 per pound. An exception
was a group of 74-pound
Cheviot-cross and Dorper-
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Dec. 5, 2012 Nov. 21, 2012
EWES $96.90 - $133.94 $65.19 -$97.50
$47.50 - $92.80
LAMBS (LBS.)
110+ $114 - $140 $103.50 - $129.05
95 - 110 $86.90 - $108.15 $102 - $110.160
80 - 94
Under 80
$61.92 - $103.96 $91.02 - $94.40
70 - 79 $67.34 - $94.71 $81.03 - $89.27
60 - 69 $73.71 - $96.08 n/a
50 - 58 $41.31 - $69.60 $58.24 - $72.50 (56/58 lbs.)
48 / 49 $53.76 /$58.80 $52.88 (45 lbs.)
30 - 39 n/a $28 (35 lbs.)
cross lambs that brought $67.34
($0.91 per pound).
The lambs in the 61- to
68-pound range brought a price
range from $1.17 to $1.40 per
pound. Ten 68-pound Savycross
lambs brought $36.72
($0.54 per pound).
The 50- and 58-pound lambs
ranged in price from $1.20 to
$1.26 per pound. An exception
was a group of eight
51-pound Cheviot-cross lambs
that brought $41.31 ($0.81 per
pound). There were some cull
lambs that did not follow this
strong bidding.
Thirteen 48-pound Suffolkcross
lambs brought $53.76
($1.12 per pound). Seventeen
49-pound Cheviot-cross lambs
brought $58.80 ($1.20 per
pound).
Goats
Dairy does attracted strong bidding
from the buyers. Three
85-pound La Mancha-cross
does brought $78 ($0.92 per
pound). A 90-pound Alpinecross
doe brought $67.50 ($0.75
per pound). Two 130-pound
Nubian-cross does brought $75
($0.58 per pound). The selection
of meat does was of lesser
bidding on the Boer-cross does.
The price ranged from $0.55 to
$0.63 per pound. The bidding
on some does dropped due to
the lower quality of the does.
The dairy goat bucks drew
some active bidding. The 125pound
La Mancha-cross goat
buck brought $125 ($1 per
pound). The 95-pound Alpinecross
goat buck brought
$90 ($0.95 per pound). Four
96-pound Alpine-cross goat
bucks brought $77 ($0.80
per pound). The bidding was
slightly lower on the Boer-cross
goat bucks, compared to the
dairy bucks. The price ranged
from $0.57 to $0.77 per pound
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for the heavier bucks. The two
85-pound Boer-cross bucks
brought $84 ($0.99 per pound).
An 80-pound Boer-cross goat
brought $49 ($0.61 per pound).
Similar to the Ontario market,
the bidding on the lighterweight
goats was strong and
demand continued from the
last sale. A 60-pound Nubiancross
goat wether brought $102
($1.71 per pound). A 65-pound
La Mancha-cross goat wether
brought $110 ($1.69 per pound).
A 60-pound Boer-cross goat kid
brought $74 ($1.23 per pound).
There appeared to be no
explanation for the difference in
bidding with the goat kids in the
50-plus pound weights. Three
55-pound Boer-cross goat kids
brought $87 ($1.58 per pound)
and the group of 13 53-pound
Boer-cross kids brought $49
($0.89 per pound).
A group of four 48-pound
Saanen-cross Boer goat kids
brought $64 ($1.33 per pound).
A group of 12 43-pound Boercross
goat kids brought $78
($1.81 per pound). A group of
13 43-pound Boer-cross and
La Mancha-cross goat kids
brought $64 ($1.49 per pound).
Six 29-pound Boer-cross goat
kids brought $53 ($1.83 per
pound).
The Ontario Stockyard Report
showed that the demand for
the lightweight goats was high,
causing top prices for this classification
of goat kids. All other
goats sold at constant prices
with previous sales. This week,
the heavier lambs dropped
compared to the past couple
weeks. The buyers had turned
to bidding for the lightweight
but full-developed lambs, creating
top prices on these lambs.
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