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06 July 2015
Livestock producers are being encouraged to explore Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) new website which launched last week. MLA Managing...

03 July 2015
Lamb consignments at Wagga were 17% higher week-on-week, at 35,000 head, and quality was very good across trade and heavy weight categories.

02 July 2015
Lamb consignments throughout NSW increased by 14% week-on-week, for a total of 109,307 head.

02 July 2015
WA lamb supply, reported by MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service, was 50% higher week-on-week, totalling 10,113 head, with both Katanning and Muchea recording increased consignments.

02 July 2015
Lamb supply increased by 45% week-on-week, to 14,636 head. Naracoorte recorded an increase in numbers of 38%, penning 2,117 head. Throughput at the SA Livestock Exchange reached 12,519 head, representing an increase of 46%.

02 July 2015
Both WA yardings were slightly larger, with secondary and store lamb supplies dominating.

02 July 2015
Lamb numbers declined this week, back 16% to 27,909 head. Horsham halved in size, to 2,440 head, while supply at Ballarat slipped 16% to 10,449 head.

02 July 2015
The national trade lamb indicator hit 600¢/kg cwt at the end of last week, and has continued to move even higher over the last few days, reaching 604¢/kg cwt on Wednesday (National Livestock Reporting Service).

02 July 2015
There was a much smaller yarding of trade and export cattle at Killafaddy and Powranna, with 60% being cows. All trade cattle prices improved, with most good quality yearlings averaging 10¢ to 20¢/kg higher.

02 July 2015
Lamb throughput at CTLX was 28% higher week-on-week, at 10,900 head, and there were some excellent heavy weight and trade weight lambs on offer, along with a large selection of secondary lambs.