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10 March 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) fell to start the week due to softer yardings driven by widespread rainfall and flooding in NSW and Queensland. The indicator then recovered 8c on Wednesday by a return to traditional seasonal yardings for Dalby in Queensland. Less affected areas also have reduced yardings as they maintain restocker intentions off the back of favourable rain events over the past week.

10 March 2022
Lambs are now flowing on to the market, lifting 2022 weekly lamb slaughter volumes above 2021 and 2020 levels for the first time this year.

03 March 2022
Three new objective carcase grading devices which have been given the conditional tick of approval for commercial use by the Australian Meat Industry Language and Standards Committee, could be a game changer for the red meat industry, according to Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), who helped fund the development and use of the technologies.

24 February 2022
The WA heavy lamb price is currently outperforming its eastern states equivalent by 96c/kg cwt / Demand for restocker steers in Queensland continues to remain strong / Goat slaughter volumes are at their highest since October 2020

17 February 2022
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its livestock slaughter and production figures for the fourth quarter of 2021. These results reinforce the strength of both the Australian cattle and sheep industries.

15 February 2022
The national flock is predicted to grow by 4.9% to 74.4 million head in 2022, reaching its highest level since 2013, according to Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) latest Sheep Industry Projections.

10 February 2022
In the first five weeks of 2022, national slaughter numbers were subdued as processors’ workforces were decimated by mandatory isolation periods for close contacts and positive cases of COVID-19. However, this week, processor numbers started to lift and reflect 2021 throughput. 

03 February 2022
Processors dominated cattle sales at Wodonga this week as Dorpers and Merinos were the standouts of Dubbo’s Monday sale. Meanwhile, rain in goat-producing regions may impact slaughter.