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13 January 2023
In the first full week of cattle sales for 2023, the market delivered some valuable insights for producers and the industry more broadly.

12 January 2023
Australian red meat exports were faced with turbulent global conditions throughout 2022. While there were hugely positive developments, such as signing trade agreements with India and the UK, there was also a string of natural disasters, war and the onset of inflation, all of which have shaken consumer confidence in Australia’s major export markets. Despite this, Australian red meat exports performed strongly in 2022, with record lamb exports offering a window into 2023 for beef producers and exporters.

06 January 2023
Following the launch of the annual summer Australian Lamb ad, Aussie Lamb is back to challenge the term “Un-Australian” and remind the world that it’s all our differences, along with our delicious lamb, that unites us.

09 December 2022
New indicator: Restocker Yearling Heifer Today, MLA’s Market Information team released the Restocker Yearling Heifer Indicator, the first release in...

08 December 2022
The sheep and lamb market has seen some ups and downs in 2022. As the year draws to a close, we take a look at the prices, yardings and slaughter over the past 12 months.

02 December 2022
Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Market Information team has finished the final stage of its wide-ranging indicator review, which has included extensive consultation with producers, industry representatives and other stakeholders.

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.

25 November 2022
Weekly national yardings reached 56,419 head this week, which was 53% higher than the 2022 weekly average. States that saw solid improvements in yardings were NSW, Queensland and WA, lifting 63%, 24% and 47% respectively week-on-week. Victorian and South Australian yardings both fell this week by 37% and 17% respectively.

24 November 2022
Red meat producers and industry representatives joined Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in-person in Sydney and virtually on the 24th of November 2022. The hybrid meeting format has broadened the accessibility of the meeting among MLA’s membership.