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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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Heat pushes numbers up and prices down
Sheep and lamb prices felt the pressure of increased supply this week, with all categories closing in the red. Extreme heat across the country pushed yarding numbers higher, but historically we still aren’t seeing the throughput of recent years as yet. Processor demand wasn’t exempt from
New year reset lifts wool market
The Australian wool market returned from the Christmas and New Year recess with a strong re-rating across all selling centres, as buyers returned from the break with renewed and spirited intent. The EMI lifted by 107ȼ for the week to close at 1,648ȼ/kg, while the Western
It’s never a quiet one
Despite saleyards and processors being shut for the holidays, the market continues to be thrown curveballs. The announcement of quota limits for beef imports into China being the first bit of market-moving news of the year. Even when cattle aren’t at the yards, global trade continues
New Year, old themes
2026 has opened with a familiar driver dominating the headlines: geopolitics. Forget Russia, Venezuela or Greenland, developments in Iran arguably carry far greater implications for commodity markets. Iran is not only a significant producer of oil and fertilisers, but also a major wheat importer. The protests
China springs new year trade barrier
We are less than two weeks into 2026, but already the beef industry has faced a multitude of events which will continue to impact markets throughout the year and beyond. Domestically, the impact of horrifying stock and property losses from fire in the south and flood
Little joy in terms of price for sellers
The Ashes are over, the Poms are heading home, the traders are back at their desks, and the headers are pulling up. The first grain article of the New Year is a good time to look at what happened with prices and harvest over the break.
Lamb a little weaker, mutton a little stronger
It has been a pretty devastating weekend in many Victorian sheep-growing areas, with fires raging through some prime sheep and cattle country. The consequences will no doubt create some short-term local market issues. With flock rebuild and potentially better rainfall year in the south, we take
Australian merino wool supply by mules status
Wool production and supply tends to be reported on a gross basis, which smooths over differences due to breed and other quality factors (such as fibre diameter). With this in mind, this article takes a look at Australian auction sales, as a proxy for supply, for
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