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22 September 2016
Thursday daily sheep summary

25 January 2024
Due to the national public holiday for Australia Day, this wrap was written a day in advance. Regular reporting will continue from next week. Thursday and Friday cattle and sheep sales, including Emerald, Dubbo, Wagga, Warwick and Yass, are not included in this commentary.

17 December 2020
Australian sheep experienced both highs and lows in 2020, with the restocker lamb indicator hitting a new record but disruptions causing mutton exports to fall dramatically.

24 September 2015
Lamb consignments at Horsham increased 14%, to 8,727 head, with a large proportion of the yarding new season lambs.

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.

27 July 2016
Wednesday daily sheep summary

08 October 2015
A blast of hot weather for most of eastern Australia last week contributed to the drop in the cattle market, with all indicators losing ground.

02 September 2015
Lamb numbers remained steady with 4,302 supplied at Ballarat, while sheep numbers jumped to 4,917 head.

21 May 2020
Breeding stock retention on the back of a positive winter outlook has fueled a sharp decline in sheep slaughter, with potential further contractions ahead.

17 September 2015
SA lamb supply jumped 37% week-on-week in MLA reported saleyards, with 15,615 head penned.