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30 January 2018
Cattle supplies are likely to remain tight in 2018 with only a small increase expected in adult slaughter to 7.4 million head as the herd rebuild continues, according to Meat & Livestock Australia’s 2018 Cattle Industry Projections.

08 December 2016
Thursday daily cattle summary

24 June 2021
Multiple indicators, including the EYCI, have broken records again this week on the back of rainfall and demand outstripping supply. Prices & Markets breaks down how feeders and restockers are competing.

18 August 2023
Yardings held firm this week at 51,712 head, 0.5% below last week. NSW yardings were 2,048 lower than the week before at 23,097, while yardings in Queensland rose by 1,464 to 19,137 head and yardings in Victoria, SA, WA and Tasmania were relatively flat.

10 August 2016
Wednesday daily cattle summary

27 September 2016
Tuesday daily cattle summary

02 December 2022
November cattle yardings have come in at the highest monthly yardings in two years. The last time monthly yardings were above 220,000 head was in November 2020, when producers continued to liquidate numbers to rebuild balance sheets and capitalise on strong market prices. Yardings in November increased 49% on last month, showing how drier weather and cattle coming to market weights can influence numbers. This inevitably puts downward pressure on prices, as can be seen across all indicators.

29 October 2018
Ongoing drought and a poor rainfall outlook has seen 2018 Australian beef production forecast to finish 6% up on 2017 at 2.3 million tonnes carcase weight (cwt), according to Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Cattle Industry Projections October update.

16 December 2016
Friday daily cattle summary

20 January 2022
Weekly cattle and sheep market wrap