General News
12 September, 2026
Flashback: September 8, 1986
Horsham Associated Agents yarded 5500 sheep at the Horsham Saleyards on Friday, September 5, fitting in a successful auction between showers. Woolly wethers made up to $31.55, June-shorn wethers to $20.25, first cross mixed-sex lambs to $23, and two-year-old merino ewes to $23.
Horsham Associated Agents yarded 5500 sheep at the Horsham Saleyards on Friday, September 5, fitting in a successful auction between showers.
Woolly wethers made up to $31.55, June-shorn wethers to $20.25, first cross mixed-sex lambs to $23, and two-year-old merino ewes to $23.
At this time in 1986, the Horsham City Council had expansion plans for the saleyards of more drafting and selling yards, extra loading ramps, car and truck facilities, and landscaping.
It was expected to cost about $250,000 and would be the third and final stage of saleyard development.
To modernise operations, the Horsham Saleyards moved from the city centre to the Burnt Creek Industrial Estate in 1999, reopening as the Horsham Regional Livestock Exchange.
It is the fourth largest lamb market in Victoria, and averages about 500,000 head a year.