Record annual average prices for lamb
The final week of saleyard trading for 2025 saw lamb prices strengthen across the board as a result of the lowest yardings since October. The mutton market held fairly firm as sheep numbers also declined, with all price indicators closing significantly higher year-on-year and most national lamb categories achieving record annual average prices. Lamb yardings […]
Quiet week after a monumental year
As the markets wrap up on the run to Christmas there was little movement on the price front. With all saleyard indicators currently sitting well and truly higher than this time last year, the market finds itself in a strong position from both a supply and demand outlook. It’s been a dramatic year for the […]
Steady as she goes to wrap up 2025
The Australian wool market concluded the final sale week of 2025 in unspectacular fashion. The Eastern Market Indicator finished the week at 1541¢/kg, down 1¢, while the EMI in US dollar terms closed at 1021¢, down 3¢, with the Australian dollar finishing the week at 66.25 US¢. A total of 35,563 bales were sold nationally, […]
Argy production to push price bar lower?
With little fresh direction, wheat prices have continued to follow the path of least resistance, grinding lower. After almost four years of entrenched conflict in Ukraine, renewed talk of a potential peace deal has begun to circulate. True to form, markets have reacted by stripping out some risk premiums; particularly in wheat and crude oil […]