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05 April 2024
The cattle market has shown signs of improvement across various indicators. Following the Easter break and bolstered by strong rainfall, yardings increased by 1,688 to reach 23,704 head – however, this is still a 61% drop from two weeks ago. Queensland witnessed the largest reduction in yardings, declining by 1019 to 5,869 head.

05 April 2024
With Australian lamb and mutton production reaching record highs, exports have lifted substantially, resulting in Australia accounting for over 50% of global sheepmeat exports in 2023 for the first time.

05 April 2024
There is a well-known adage that 80% of an animal’s value comes from 20% of its carcase, leaving the remainder to be considered as ‘co-products’. These co-products encompass a range of items such as runners, tallow, hides, tripe, beef cheeks, liver and other organs.

04 April 2024
Australian goatmeat exports for 2023 reached their second highest volume on record for a calendar year since 2014.

04 April 2024
Investigating how to value-add to goat enterprises amid challenging market conditions has become the focus of Queensland goat producer, Pieter van Jaarsveld’s Nuffield Scholarship research.

28 March 2024
This week was a record-breaking week in the markets, with the highest lamb and cattle slaughter in years. It was largely driven by market dynamics and the smaller yardings due to the Easter long weekend.

27 March 2024
The latest data from the joint Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Sheep Producer Intentions PULSE Survey (SPIS) was published earlier this week, showing that producers held onto their lambs due to concerns about weather conditions and pricing.

26 March 2024
2023 marked the 25th Anniversary of MSA, the world’s leading eating quality grading system. The 2022–23 Annual Outcomes Report (AOR) highlights the progress of the MSA program including the record $259 million estimated farmgate returns to MSA beef producers in 2022–23.

25 March 2024
Stirlings to Coast Farmers (SCF) applied for an MLA-funded project to demonstrate the Optiweigh unit, an in-paddock cattle weighing system, on properties in Southern WA. A large component of the project was to show the economic value of utilising the system in terms of improved labour efficiency, closer monitoring of animal weights and using the weight data to optimise compliance with target market weight specifications in order to receive premium prices.