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10 June 2022
Heavy and medium steer prices have bounced back week-on-week trading at 460.34¢/kg lwt and 463.99¢/kg lwt on average respectively. Casino and Emerald, which both had quite a large contribution in the heavy steer indicator, were trading 47¢ and 19¢ below the national average. This was offset by Carcoar and Dubbo, which contributed 46% collectively and traded between 12¢ and 22¢ above the national average.

03 June 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) hit 1,128.83¢/kg cwt this week on the back of stronger yardings in Roma. Yardings were up nearly 3,000 head week-on-week with mostly good quality local cattle, causing the EYCI reporting head to jump above 12,000. A premium of 38¢ on the national average has pushed the indicator up.

27 May 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has strengthened 14¢ week-on-week on the back of a strong Roma sale, which contributed 13.4% of reporting head. The number of head reporting on the EYCI has improved this week to reach nearly 9,500, increasing the stability of the indicator.

26 May 2022
The Female Slaughter Rate (FSR) is a technical indicator of whether the national cattle herd is operating in a liquidation or rebuilding stage. The FSR tracks the number of female cattle killed compared with the total as a percentage.

19 May 2022
The heavy steer indicator has softened by 21c week-on-week, with only half the throughput seen last week. Casino has 18% of the contribution but was paying 29c under the national average. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) throughput has also softened this week, dropping below 8,000 head. This is due to rain events in Queensland preventing larger sales going ahead, including Roma.

12 May 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has softened 27¢/kg cwt week-on-week with yardings back to numbers regularly seen in full weeks. Larger saleyards like Singleton, Casino and Dubbo were fetching a premium on the national average with prices between 1,131¢/kg cwt and 1,135¢/kg cwt.

04 May 2022
The Western Young Cattle Indicator (WYCI) hit a new record this week at 1,222.66¢/kg cwt after strong April rainfall in WA improved restocker sentiments. This beat the previous record from 22 April by 3¢, with the indicator increasing 73¢ on Tuesday after the Muchea sale. However, while prices are stronger, yardings are still seasonally softer.

28 April 2022
This week Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has released a new indicator, the Live Export Price Indicator (LEPI), which is based on sampled feeder male cattle prices for Indonesia live export cattle from Darwin.

21 April 2022
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has softened 14¢ week-on-week to 1,072.49¢/kg cwt. This is after a 61% reduction from last week in the number of head reporting due to Good Friday and Easter Monday, which limited saleyard throughput.

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