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07 October 2022
Total cattle yardings have softened 31% week-on-week after the strong yardings seen last week. This, along with the recent public holidays and rain events, has impacted the numbers moving through the yards.

15 October 2015
Consignments lifted 2,165 head, to 10,743 head at the national online AuctionPlus sale last Friday (9 October).

07 April 2022
COVID-19 cases have been relatively low in WA for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic but recently there has been a spike in cases in the state. Just under 9,000 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in WA on Friday 1 April alone.

16 July 2015
Continuing dry conditions across most of WA’s southern regions is generating discussions of early turnoff of stock and the probability of low new season lamb numbers and weights.

08 September 2023
The Australian wool market, measured by the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI), is outperforming all sheep and lamb indicators this year. The EMI has fallen 12% over the last 12 months; in comparison, the heavy lamb (the best-performing ovine indicator) has fallen 38%.

31 May 2016
Surging goat prices, a belated autumnal lamb price rise and a consolidating cattle market during May led to all three of the key eastern market indicators averaging within just 3% of each other for the first time ever.

04 May 2016
Six months into the New Zealand (NZ) production season (October to March), NZ lamb exports increased 6% on the corresponding period the year prior – to165,805 tonnes swt (Statistics NZ).

03 October 2019
Tight supply in the US should offer favourable price support for Australian lamb exports into the new year.

19 August 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) strengthened again this week by 46¢ to sit at 1,006.28¢/kg cwt. This is the first time since the middle of July that the EYCI has been pushed above year-ago levels.

24 June 2022
Australia’s benchmark cattle indicator, the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI), is currently operating at 1,052¢/kg cwt – its lowest price since 18 October 2021. Since 10 June, the EYCI has fallen 6% or 68¢/kg cwt, while supply has lifted by 30% or 3,184 head.