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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.

28 April 2022
This week Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has released a new indicator, the Live Export Price Indicator (LEPI), which is based on sampled feeder male cattle prices for Indonesia live export cattle from Darwin.

21 April 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has softened 14¢ week-on-week to 1,072.49¢/kg cwt. This is after a 61% reduction from last week in the number of head reporting due to Good Friday and Easter Monday, which limited saleyard throughput.

14 April 2022
The Western Young Cattle Indicator (WYCI) reached a record high of 1,102.34c/kg cwt this week

07 April 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) softened by 8c at the end of last week, falling to 1,082.37c/kg cwt to reach its lowest level since mid-November last year. This drop in the indicator is due to reduced restocker demand and an increase in feeder buyer activity.

07 April 2022
COVID-19 cases have been relatively low in WA for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic but recently there has been a spike in cases in the state. Just under 9,000 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in WA on Friday 1 April alone.