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20 August 2015
There was a smaller yarding of trade and export cattle at Powranna and Killafaddy on Tuesday with smaller numbers in most categories, but cow numbers were significantly less.

16 August 2016
Tuesday daily cattle summary

23 May 2018
Each month we hear from one of MLA’s Livestock Market Officers (LMO) to learn more about their role at the saleyards. Here we talk to Tracey Kilner, who is based near Kojonup in WA.

09 January 2024
The focus of the cattle industry shifted to Victoria last week as the state’s annual run of weaner calf sales began at Wodonga with more than 14,000 steers and heifers sold at the Northern Victorian Livestock Exchange.

01 May 2024
MLA-supported Nuffield Scholarship recipient, Jack Courts, has a sustainable goal in his sights. As one of 25 recipients of the 2024 Nuffield Scholarship, he’s keen to make the most of the award’s global networking and research opportunities while he investigates how improved maternal efficiency in ruminant animals can reduce waste.

24 June 2016
At the close of Thursday’s markets, the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) averaged 641¢, up 0.25¢/kg cwt on where it finished the previous day.

27 January 2017
US imported beef market holding firm

13 August 2015
At the close of Wednesday’s markets, the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) settled at 568.25¢, up 2.25¢/kg cwt on where if finished the previous day.

25 March 2024
Stirlings to Coast Farmers (SCF) applied for an MLA-funded project to demonstrate the Optiweigh unit, an in-paddock cattle weighing system, on properties in Southern WA. A large component of the project was to show the economic value of utilising the system in terms of improved labour efficiency, closer monitoring of animal weights and using the weight data to optimise compliance with target market weight specifications in order to receive premium prices.