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15 July 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has softened a further 28c week-on-week, falling to below year-ago levels. This is off the back of Dalby sales, which traded at the national average price of 927.16c/kg cwt, easing 33c week-on-week. Dalby saw a strengthening in yardings of 2,277 head, with most sales going to restockers.

07 March 2019
MLA talks to Livestock Market Officer David Kent about his sales patch in Kangaroo Valley, NSW, and how the markets are tracking.

17 March 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) fell to start the week due to softer yardings driven by widespread rainfall and flooding in NSW and Queensland. The indicator then recovered 8c on Wednesday by a return to traditional seasonal yardings for Dalby in Queensland. Less affected areas also have reduced yardings as they maintain restocker intentions off the back of favourable rain events over the past week.

10 February 2023
With the uptick in supply, prices have eased since the end of last year but held relatively steady in 2023. The new Processor Cow Indicator (previously the Medium Cow) shows that, due to current pressure of higher prices on the processors, buyers met with solid demand this week. This caused a stabilisation to occur in the market.

16 July 2015
While eastern states prices have followed an upward trajectory since the cattle market kicked last late last year, the young cattle market in WA has lost some of its momentum in recent weeks.

18 June 2020
US production is returning to normal processing levels far sooner than anticipated, with the rapid recovery likely to create a number of implications for Australian beef exports.

22 July 2021
Young cattle   This week, the EYCI climbed to a new all-time record. On Tuesday it hit a peak of 996.4¢/kg cwt. The price...

16 July 2015
Cattle consignments in NSW slipped by 31%, week-on-week, for a total of 19,293 head.

16 May 2018
Dry conditions in eastern Australia during the first quarter of 2018 have resulted in the number of cattle on feed surpassing one million head for only the fourth time on record.

14 April 2022
The Western Young Cattle Indicator (WYCI) reached a record high of 1,102.34c/kg cwt this week