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13 May 2016
Lamb throughput at Wagga declined 18% week-on-week, to 34,500 head, with the reduced supply supporting prices for well-finished lines.

28 March 2019
After a tough period through the first few weeks of March the cattle market has responded strongly on the back of widespread rain, with more forecast.

30 July 2015
Prime trade and heavy lamb numbers remain limited with most trade weight lambs again secondary, tail end drafts.

16 September 2022
Lamb prices strengthen week-on-week with improving quality demanding higher prices. Weekly new season lamb yardings 17% lower than five-year average. Medium cow prices strengthen on strong processor demand.

24 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.

12 August 2015
The Indonesian government has announced that the state logistics agency BULOG will bring in 50,000 head of ready-to-slaughter cattle, in response to a beef shortage and soaring prices in the market.

14 July 2023
Following last week’s rain, which saw supply tighten, national cattle yardings bounced back this week and increased by 54% or 14,600 head.

30 May 2018
The 90CL beef price indicator, a key benchmark for Australian beef exports, has shown relative stability this year, despite growing US beef production.

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.

16 July 2015
The trend of prices continuing to rise across most classes, combined with drought conditions in large areas of the state, resulted in numbers at NLRS reported saleyards in Queensland remaining relatively high.