Cattle yardings are back 20% after the very large yardings from last week but are still 147% higher year-to-date. Supply from the extensive herd rebuild is reaching the market and is not expected to slow anytime soon.

In just eight years, the stocking rate at Rose Grange Pastoral Company's ‘Trawalla’ property has more than doubled. Manager Jim Gaylard credits this growth in production to the enterprise’s approach to applying and managing fertiliser.

Cattle supply kicked back into gear strongly this week with total national yardings reaching their highest level since late November 2020 at 60,254 head. This volume is 58% or 22,000 head above the weekly average for 2023.

Australia’s red meat exports maintained a strong pace in April, despite several public holidays cutting into the number of working days.

MLA’s Genetics hub is a one-stop-shop for commercial sheep producers looking to boost the productivity of their herds. All the tools and resources needed to select the best performing ram and drive their flock’s performance forward are available at the hub.

The cost of living is dominating the news. Every time we read the paper or watch the news, there’s another story about inflation eroding the value of our dollar.

After last week’s national cattle yarding of 55,444 head (54% or 19,000 head above the 2023 weekly average), cattle numbers tightened substantially this week.

2022 was a record year for lamb exports: the 284,257 tonnes exported was the highest on record, as was the A$3.4 billion in revenue garnered for those exports. Remarkably, lamb exports for the first three months of 2023 are running ahead of those record 2022 figures, and lamb exports for Q1 are 6% higher than Q1 2022.

There will be no National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS) slaughter report this week. The report will return on Wednesday 26 April.

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