Wheat takes a breather

Wheat field with blue sky

The wheat market has stalled a little in the past couple of days. The bullish reaction to the Russian export tax story has dulled a little as details are still being hammered out and the market deals with more questions than answers. Interestingly, Russia is also considering continuing an export tax of sorts into the […]

Prices out of sight but top of mind

Cattle in a yard

Young cattle prices mustered up some more strength from another week of subdued supply to post yet another record. And what a record it was! The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator smashed past last week’s record price, adding another 30 cents to close the week at 871¢/kg cwt. This was 59% (323¢) higher than the price […]

Get them light, hold them tight

Group of black head sheep in paddock

Only a few weeks in and it’s been a busy January. Strong prices have got the saleyards pumping again, but processors have been a little slower to get back to speed. The decent show in the yards wasn’t enough to hold lighter lamb prices though this week. We took a  detailed look at supply in […]

Upward trend continues

Wool sheep moving through yards

The second week of sales for 2021 was described as exhibiting “keen competition” on the large offering. The positive market continued up to the last day of selling, and impacted all types and microns. The standout was again the fine end, with AWEX noting that premiums were paid for better processing measurements particularly low CVH […]