Search

13 December 2017
2017 has seen the Australian sheepmeat market go from strength to strength. Find out more about what drove its success this year and what’s to come in 2018.

03 September 2015
Lamb consignments throughout NSW increased by 26%, week-on-week, for a total of 117,456 head.

15 October 2015
The US cattle and beef markets remained in a state of flux this week, with the livestock end of the chain reclaiming some of the ground it lost over the past two months, while the wholesale meat end accelerated its decline.

09 March 2022
Global trade remained challenging for global exports in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to create supply chain and logistical issues. Lower production also compounded the impact on Australian exports as herd rebuilding continued. However, increased prices across international markets kept export volumes high relative to production. As a result, exports represented 72% of total red meat production over the year. In total, Australia exported 1.45 million tonnes of red meat, a 10.4% decline from 2020 levels.

31 March 2023
The Western Young Cattle Indicator (WYCI) softened 61¢ week-on-week as prices from the Mount Barker sale eased nearly 67¢, below the usually-softer Muchea sale. This was mostly due to the limited yarding and mixed quality at the saleyard.

01 September 2015
The latest Daily Livestock Report (27 August 2015) out of the US covers an interesting topic, which helps explain the price movements in the cattle and beef industry this year.

04 September 2023
Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) marketing brand, Australian Lamb, has partnered with MasterChef alumni and founder of Marion’s Kitchen, Marion Grasby, to “Say More With Lamb” this spring.

24 May 2016
According to the latest edition of MLA’s monthly Co-product report, Australian beef offal export volumes to Japan have continued to increase in 2016 so far, with April volumes up 10% on the previous month, to 2,250 tonnes swt, although shipments were down 5% from year-ago levels.

14 November 2018
Twenty-six Livestock Market Officers (LMOs) currently work across Australia as part of MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service. Covering more than 3,000 markets a year and thousands of kilometres between them, LMOs attend and report on up to 70 of the nation’s cattle, sheep and goat sales on a weekly basis.

18 November 2022
To nobody’s surprise, supply tightened significantly across both species in most states this week. It’s been a common trend over the past three months as wet weather continues to impact transport access and mustering capability. However, the large supply last week allowed producers time to reset their marketing strategies to reflect more normal supply fluctuations moving forward.