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24 June 2022
Australia’s benchmark cattle indicator, the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI), is currently operating at 1,052¢/kg cwt – its lowest price since 18 October 2021. Since 10 June, the EYCI has fallen 6% or 68¢/kg cwt, while supply has lifted by 30% or 3,184 head.

17 June 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has eased week-on-week with yardings improving by 2,300 head for the indicator. Together, Roma and Dalby contributed 25%, trading 34¢ above and 25¢ under the national average respectively. The largest premium was found at Singleton, which recorded 58¢ above the national average of 1,120.48¢.

10 June 2022
Heavy and medium steer prices have bounced back week-on-week trading at 460.34¢/kg lwt and 463.99¢/kg lwt on average respectively. Casino and Emerald, which both had quite a large contribution in the heavy steer indicator, were trading 47¢ and 19¢ below the national average. This was offset by Carcoar and Dubbo, which contributed 46% collectively and traded between 12¢ and 22¢ above the national average.

03 June 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) hit 1,128.83¢/kg cwt this week on the back of stronger yardings in Roma. Yardings were up nearly 3,000 head week-on-week with mostly good quality local cattle, causing the EYCI reporting head to jump above 12,000. A premium of 38¢ on the national average has pushed the indicator up.

27 May 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has strengthened 14¢ week-on-week on the back of a strong Roma sale, which contributed 13.4% of reporting head. The number of head reporting on the EYCI has improved this week to reach nearly 9,500, increasing the stability of the indicator.

26 May 2022
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released new production and slaughter data for the first quarter of 2022 on Friday 20 May. Read on to find out the key insights from this release.

20 May 2022
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its official livestock slaughter and production figures for the first quarter of 2022. In the three months to March, average cattle carcase weights reached 324.4kg/head. This was 10.8kg heavier than at the same time last year.

19 May 2022
The heavy steer indicator has softened by 21c week-on-week, with only half the throughput seen last week. Casino has 18% of the contribution but was paying 29c under the national average. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) throughput has also softened this week, dropping below 8,000 head. This is due to rain events in Queensland preventing larger sales going ahead, including Roma.

12 May 2022
National slaughter volumes for cattle, sheep and lambs have bounced back quickly after the Easter period. The capacity of processing facilities was affected during the month of April by the series of public holidays and challenges with maintaining supply.

12 May 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has softened 27¢/kg cwt week-on-week with yardings back to numbers regularly seen in full weeks. Larger saleyards like Singleton, Casino and Dubbo were fetching a premium on the national average with prices between 1,131¢/kg cwt and 1,135¢/kg cwt.