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17 November 2023
Cattle prices lifted this week, particularly for feeder and restocker cattle. Yardings lifted 10,578 to 45,061 head, slightly above the five-week average of 44,677.

19 January 2024
The cattle market lifted overall this week. Yardings rose by 31,585 to 57,966 head, a 23% increase compared to the same time last year. This growth was underpinned by NSW and Queensland with combined yardings of 35,644 head.

10 December 2015
The 2016 sheep and lamb projections highlight the ongoing productivity improvements in the Australian sheepmeat industry.

04 January 2016
Over-the-hook indicators for export goats have moved into uncharted territory, reaching 500¢/kg cwt in September based on data from MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS).

17 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.

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.

01 July 2021
Current market situation Heavy lamb yardings in NSW are dominating current throughput as a percentage of total volume across the...

12 September 2018
In the year ending June 2018, Australian red meat, offal and livestock exports reached A$13.78 billion, up 13% year-on-year and largely underpinned by an increase in cattle turn-off and higher smallstock prices.

03 October 2019
Lamb slaughter eased this week on the back of a short week in Victoria, ending a run of consistent weekly increases dating back to August.

11 August 2023
Cattle yardings lifted 7% week-on-week to 51,990 head, the highest weekly volume since early May. Yardings in Queensland eased by 2,430 to 16,611 head, largely due to a 1,904 head softening in Roma, while yardings rose by 5,803 head in NSW and were largely unchanged everywhere else.