Producers push lambs sales into the new year
Producers have held over last year’s lambs to be sold into 2025 as expected, with rainfall – or a lack thereof – impacting finishing times, and some expecting the market to be more on their side in the new year. Meat and Livestock Australia and Australian Wool Innovation conducted an abbreviated PULSE version of their […]
Consumers benefitting from current pricing
While world feed grain and cereal prices are nothing to get excited about for producers, they do represent value for grain consumers. At this time of year, it can be hard to secure physical forward pricing, but there are other ways to protect against price upside. This harvest has seen feed grain prices largely settle […]
Breaking down cow and heifer slaughter
Usually, cattle market analysts read data in similar ways. At the moment there are a couple of different schools of thought in terms of where the herd is headed, and what this means for pricing. Here we take a look at the differences and delve a bit deeper into some data. The latest Australian Bureau […]
Economic backdrop to the wool market
As wool is an industrial commodity, its general price level is very sensitive to the economic conditions of the major economies of the world. This article takes a look at this aspect of the wool market. Mecardo last looked at the economic backdrop to the wool market in August (see article here), concluding that wool […]