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05 November 2015
Widespread rain across most of the country this week saw lamb yardings contract in NSW and SA, while young lamb supply ramped up at Ballarat and Hamilton, seeing overall Victorian yardings increase.

05 November 2015
Like many regions in Australia, south-east South Australia is having a drier than average spring for the second consecutive year. The three month rainfall for the region (August to October) this year was just 25-100mm which, despite being below average, is an improvement on 2014 which received 25-50mm.

03 November 2015
Rain over the weekend saw lamb and sheep supply decline on the expected draw at Dubbo, to total 19,110 head.

30 October 2015
Wagga lamb yardings increased 12% week-on-week, to 28,000 head. Overall quality of consignments had slipped with a number of lambs showing dryness.

29 October 2015
Lamb supply continues to climb with 194,193 head yarded across the eastern states this week – up more than 4,000 head on last week and 2,000 head higher year-on-year.

29 October 2015
New Zealand (NZ) lamb production in August was 5% lower than year-ago levels, at 13,927 tonnes cwt (Statistics New Zealand).

27 October 2015
Lamb consignments at Bendigo increased 31% week-on-week, to 19,747 head.

23 October 2015
Lamb consignments at Wagga fell 7% week-on-week, to 25,000 head, with new season lambs making up the majority of the yarding.

22 October 2015
Yardings at the monthly Narromine store sheep sale remained seasonally high, reported by MLA’s NLRS, at 15,265 head, although slightly lower than last month’s sale.

20 October 2015
Lamb consignments at Dubbo were down 16%, to 25,950 head, and a large proportion of the crossbred lambs presented in dry condition and carrying burrs.