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04 August 2016
Add widespread rain to a country with a 20-year-low national cattle herd. The result? Numerous saleyards across the eastern states...

13 December 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, take a look back at how Australian beef performed across key export markets.

11 July 2017
While Australia’s livestock producers are receiving high prices for their stock, livestock exporters are experiencing some of the toughest times on record. The trade is struggling with the high price of livestock and increasing pressure from major markets to drop price or risk losing marketshare. In Indonesia, the influx of Indian buffalo meat is making market conditions particularly challenging.

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.

08 September 2023
Cattle yardings were their lowest in nine weeks this week, tightening by 11,108 to 38,150 head. Yardings in NSW and Victoria eased marginally due to fortnightly sales not running this week, while yardings in Queensland tightened by 10,778 head. Numbers in Queensland eased in every sale, with sales an average of 29% smaller than the week before.

14 June 2016
Recent rain has compounded the pressure of tight cattle supplies across the eastern states, driving over-the-hook (OTH) prices dearer.

13 January 2022
Victorian cattle sales start the year at record prices

04 February 2016
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) closed at 589.25¢, back 0.50¢/kg cwt

09 July 2015
Following the surge in physical market prices, over-the-hook (OTH) indicators lifted in all of the eastern states this week, with the largest increases for finished cattle, as supply continues to tighten.

22 September 2016
Thursday daily cattle summary