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08 December 2023
The cattle market generally lifted this week, as producer confidence improved ahead of the looming Christmas holiday season. Cattle yardings increased 31,926 to 86,857 head, the largest weekly yarding since November 2019.

01 December 2023
The cattle market continued to lift this week as rain across the country continues to boost market confidence.

24 November 2023
Widespread rain in eastern and central Australia had a positive effect on demand, and prices generally rose.

17 November 2023
Cattle prices lifted this week, particularly for feeder and restocker cattle. Yardings lifted 10,578 to 45,061 head, slightly above the five-week average of 44,677.

10 November 2023
Prices generally lifted this week, particularly for restocker and feeder cattle.

03 November 2023
Markets lifted slightly this week off the back of slightly lower yardings and improved competition in sales but remained mostly unchanged from previous weeks. Yardings eased by 4,771 to 43,012 head, slightly below the four-week average but almost identical for the average for 2023.

27 October 2023
The cattle market was varied this week, as prices diverged based on category and location. In general, prices in Victoria and NSW held firm or improved, while prices in Queensland, South Australia and WA eased.

20 October 2023
At the time of writing (Thursday 19 October), several market reports from this week have not been uploaded to the NLRS database due to technical issues, impacting the current presentation of yardings, indicator prices and the market reports themselves.

29 September 2023
Market outlook after El Niño and positive IOD announced

22 September 2023
On Tuesday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) declared that El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) are underway. This suggests that spring and summer this year are likely to be hotter and drier than average, which aligns with previous forecasts from the BOM.