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05 May 2023
Cattle supply kicked back into gear strongly this week with total national yardings reaching their highest level since late November 2020 at 60,254 head. This volume is 58% or 22,000 head above the weekly average for 2023.

03 May 2023
MLA’s Market Information team has analysed existing yarding volumes of grown steer supply in Queensland compared with 2022. Excellent seasonal conditions point towards a strong uptick in grassfed bullock supply in the second half of 2023.

03 May 2023
Australia’s red meat exports maintained a strong pace in April, despite several public holidays cutting into the number of working days.

02 May 2023
MLA’s Genetics hub is a one-stop-shop for commercial sheep producers looking to boost the productivity of their herds. All the tools and resources needed to select the best performing ram and drive their flock’s performance forward are available at the hub.

01 May 2023
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), in collaboration with the Victorian Government, is proud to announce the Lambassador Delegation 2023. The program, which began in Japan in 2015, has grown to a community of over 50 food professionals worldwide who are passionate about Australian lamb.

28 April 2023
After last week’s national cattle yarding of 55,444 head (54% or 19,000 head above the 2023 weekly average), cattle numbers tightened substantially this week.

27 April 2023
2022 was a record year for lamb exports: the 284,257 tonnes exported was the highest on record, as was the A$3.4 billion in revenue garnered for those exports. Remarkably, lamb exports for the first three months of 2023 are running ahead of those record 2022 figures, and lamb exports for Q1 are 6% higher than Q1 2022.

26 April 2023
Navigating the road to carbon farming can be challenging. Here, one Australian red meat business opens the gate to share their approach, to equip other producers to establish profitable carbon strategies.

21 April 2023
There will be no National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS) slaughter report this week. The report will return on Wednesday 26 April.

20 April 2023
Although prices for yearling steers are usually better than those for yearling heifers, the premium for restocker yearling steers has widened further in the last six months. This is largely due to the herd rebuild, meaning there is increased supply of heifers on-farm and producers are currently less inclined to buy heifers at the saleyards.