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12 May 2022
So far, 2022 has been a challenging year for exporters around the world, and these challenges have been felt in the Australian red meat industry. However, Australian exporters have found ways to deliver product and take advantage of record high prices.

04 May 2022
The Western Young Cattle Indicator (WYCI) hit a new record this week at 1,222.66¢/kg cwt after strong April rainfall in WA improved restocker sentiments. This beat the previous record from 22 April by 3¢, with the indicator increasing 73¢ on Tuesday after the Muchea sale. However, while prices are stronger, yardings are still seasonally softer.

04 May 2022
National trade lamb prices have been easing since August last year, when they hit a record high of 951.02¢/kg cwt. They hit their lowest price since October 2018 at the beginning of last month, when they dropped to 765.8¢/kg cwt. Since then, prices have remained quite volatile.

03 May 2022
Recent analysis conducted by MLA’s Market Information Team reveals an interesting shift over the past decade in turn-off points for Queensland steers.

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.

19 April 2022
The Western Young Cattle Indicator (WYCI) is a seven-day rolling average of young cattle prices across Western Australia. This includes vealer and yearling heifers and steers with a muscle score C, live weight of 200kg+ and a fat score of two or three.

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

14 April 2022
According to ABARES, there are 50,365 broadacre farms in Australia. Many of these producers operate mixed farming systems and so must make decisions around what ratio of sheep to crop they should produce each year.