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29 July 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) continued to ease this week, softening 60¢ week-on-week. This brings the four-week price change to 126¢ in mid-June. The largest contributors to the indicator, Roma and Wagga Wagga, are contributing 29% collectively and are still trading at a premium on the national average. Restocker sales softened 12.6% and were overtaken by feeder sales contributing to the indicator. Read more on market drivers affecting the EYCI here.

12 June 2024
Individual electronic identification (eID) tags for sheep and goats are set to become mandatory across Australia by the start of 2025.

22 December 2023
The cattle market eased this week. With Christmas at our doorstep, some key saleyards have closed for the year and will start up in the new year. Market reports states key buyers and processors were not operating thus entering a cheaper market compared to the previous week. Cattle yardings dropped by 75,112 to 7,452 head, however such a significant decline is expected given the time of year.

16 February 2024
The cattle market has eased across all indicators. Yardings have eased by 3,898 to 75,856 head. Yardings eased in a majority of states except Tasmania and Victoria. Yardings are 30,758 head above the national average for the last five weeks.

23 February 2024
The cattle market experienced a general easing across most indicators this week. Yardings decreased by 40,673 to 50,731 head. The heavy steer indicator remained stable at 283¢/kg live weight (lwt), with throughput easing by 484 head to 2,333 head. The dairy cow indicator was the only other cattle indicator to improve this week – rising 6%.

12 November 2015
Prices quoted in this week’s report for MLA from the Steiner Consulting Group were lower for the majority of categories.

17 September 2020
Tenderloins are far more prominent in the South Korean retail market than ever before following MLA’s promotional activities in response to the impacts of COVID-19.

09 March 2017
This week’s release of the Cattle and beef market study by the ACCC welcomes improvements made by MLA to its market information services and notes that MLA’s ability to continue to improve its reporting will depend on the information provided to it by live exporters, processors and retailers.