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21 March 2019
Lamb’s sideways price trend has continued despite a 34% week-on-week increase in national yardings for the week ending Tuesday 19 March.

24 October 2019
New season lambs are entering the market in greater numbers, with last week’s yarding hitting a year-to-date high, as prices are beginning to ease.

22 August 2018
WA sheep producers may be looking east in envy at record lamb prices. WA prices are good, by historical measures, but well behind the 800¢ on offer in the east. Here we look at some of the reasons for this discrepancy.

14 October 2022
Large increases in new season lamb supply across most states this week as well as intense processor demand has seen prices for the influx of 2022 lambs perform extremely well.

11 February 2021
Heavy lamb prices have been on an upward trajectory since the start of the year, and myriad factors influencing supply will be key to halting or boosting this climb.

28 August 2018
In just two months, east Australian lamb prices have crashed through the 700¢ and 800¢/kg cwt mark, breaking records and grabbing headlines along the way - but has Australia remained competitive in the global market following the latest surge?

07 December 2018
Estimated lamb and mutton cold store inventories at the end of October were 25% higher than year-ago levels, with high prices, increased domestic production, increased imports and competition from other proteins the leading causes.

14 June 2024
The cattle market has eased this week, with the exception of the Restocker Yearling Steer Indicator which lifted by 1¢. An easing in yardings by 8,859 to 50,100 head was due to public holidays in NSW and Victoria.

18 November 2015
The eastern states trade lamb indicator tends to follow a seasonal pattern of rising sharply during the first two months of the year, before peaking in March and April, then trending to an annual low in November.

30 April 2020
Since the turn of the year, eastern states lamb prices crashed through 900¢/kg cwt - however, with COVID-19 creating an uncertain demand outlook, has Australia remained competitive in the global market?