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18 August 2023
Yardings held firm this week at 51,712 head, 0.5% below last week. NSW yardings were 2,048 lower than the week before at 23,097, while yardings in Queensland rose by 1,464 to 19,137 head and yardings in Victoria, SA, WA and Tasmania were relatively flat.

18 August 2023
Last week, the National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS) voluntary slaughter survey recorded national goat slaughter at 49,920 head, the highest level since the 14th week of 2017 – in more than six years. The high goat slaughter numbers were driven by NSW, where throughput was 14,842 head.

18 August 2023
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its quarterly statistics on livestock slaughtered and meat production, highlighting record lamb production and growth in mutton production across the board so far this year. According to Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), Australia produced the most lamb on record in the calendar year 2022. For the first six months of 2023, lamb producers are tracking 7.7% above year-on-year levels or 20,000 tonnes.

15 August 2023
Producers are better equipped to adapt to and mitigate the impact of future climates through the NEXUS project, which explored the links between on-farm productivity, profitability and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

15 August 2023
Victorian sheep and cattle producers Jan and Brad Smith are no strangers to adaptation – it’s part of their response to a changing and challenging environment.

11 August 2023
Cattle yardings lifted 7% week-on-week to 51,990 head, the highest weekly volume since early May. Yardings in Queensland eased by 2,430 to 16,611 head, largely due to a 1,904 head softening in Roma, while yardings rose by 5,803 head in NSW and were largely unchanged everywhere else.

11 August 2023
Young lamb or new season lamb supplies follow a seasonal trend with breeding cycles. Young lambs are generally less than five months old and from the most current season. Supplies tend to peak during the spring flush when lambs born in the current joining season are marked and brought to market. When joining occurs around March and April, the supply of young lambs reduces and by June there are hardly any available.