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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.

29 November 2022
Supplementary feeding is an important piece of the growth and weight gain puzzle for Springvale Goats owner and operator, Emma Patterson.

29 November 2022
Shift to rangeland goats continues to reap benefits

25 November 2022
Weekly national yardings reached 56,419 head this week, which was 53% higher than the 2022 weekly average. States that saw solid improvements in yardings were NSW, Queensland and WA, lifting 63%, 24% and 47% respectively week-on-week. Victorian and South Australian yardings both fell this week by 37% and 17% respectively.

24 November 2022
Red meat producers and industry representatives joined Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in-person in Sydney and virtually on the 24th of November 2022. The hybrid meeting format has broadened the accessibility of the meeting among MLA’s membership.

24 November 2022
Following the release of the September quarter slaughter and production data from ABS last week, MLA’s Market Insights team has compiled an in-depth analysis for red meat producers.

18 November 2022
To nobody’s surprise, supply tightened significantly across both species in most states this week. It’s been a common trend over the past three months as wet weather continues to impact transport access and mustering capability. However, the large supply last week allowed producers time to reset their marketing strategies to reflect more normal supply fluctuations moving forward.

11 November 2022
Cattle and sheep supply is expected to continue increasing until the end of the year as the herd and flock rebuilds move into summer.

11 November 2022
The latest national feedlot survey results, released today by the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), demonstrate strong performance within the sector with numbers on feed remaining above 1 million head in the September quarter.

11 November 2022
National cattle yardings rose sharply this week across most states and reached their highest level in 2022 with 56,737 head yarded. This is 57% or 20,600 head above the yearly average and the highest since yarding since February 2021.