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We deliver clear, data-driven analysis across Australia’s key commodities – wool, livestock and grain.
By cutting through the noise, we focus on what really matters: market drivers, outlooks and strategies that support smarter decision-making and keep you ahead in a changing landscape.
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Abundance of lambs this week doesn’t rock the boat
The 2nd largest lamb yarding in the last 2 years did not rock the boat from a price perspective, as most of the major national saleyard indicators this week saw just single-digit declines. Lamb throughput exceeded 299k head this week to the yards and, at this
Most markets resilient against high supply
With only one more trading week left before the major holiday break of the year, and processors likely already filling up or slowing down, producers were still keen to offload this week and national cattle yardings hit their fourth-highest numbers for 2025. This put downward pressure
Production down, but values still to rise
The latest ABARES outlook for livestock products has sheepmeat production dropping for the 2025–26 financial year, pushing prices higher and potentially boosting global demand even further. Changing seasonal conditions are expected to have meant lower lambing numbers leading into the year, but also more ewe retention
The New Zealand wool clip
In Australia, we tend to focus on our domestic wool production and changes to it in terms of volume and quality. Across the Tasman Sea, New Zealand has traditionally been the great carpet wool producer, and they too have been experiencing major changes in wool production
Weaner sales upside hanging on northern rain
We are still a month away from the annual January weaner sales, so it is a little difficult to make any bold statements about how prices might play out this year. We can, however, outline how the market is situated at the moment and what might
A good WA spring driving crop production
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) released its December Crop Report last week, and it came with some serious bumping of production figures. The headline numbers make for good reading, at least for consumers looking for some harvest pressure to come
Mutton market maintains momentum
Total sheep and lamb saleyard throughput fell this week, and so did most price indicators, as plenty of supply, proximity to holiday processor shutdowns, and the arrival of summer put pressure on the market. Mutton was the odd one out, with about 15,000 fewer sheep through
Wool prices warm as summer arrives
The market moved higher this week, with the Eastern Market Indicator gaining 17¢ to 1521¢/kg clean, while the Western Market Indicator lifted 11¢ to 1676¢. Supply eased to 35,335 bales offered and 33,532 sold, with a low 5.1% pass-in rate helping support prices. The Australian dollar
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