Market Analysis
Mutton money moves up on lamb
Mutton has moved even closer to lamb thanks to a wet end to spring and continuing export demand. While sheep and lamb prices are both
Jamie-Lee Oldfield
November 24, 2020
Mutton has moved even closer to lamb thanks to a wet end to spring and continuing export demand. While sheep and lamb prices are both
Lamb supplies are close to levels of the same time last year, yet prices in the east continue to sit at a premium. To say
It seems like we have been writing about extreme breeding ewe values and whether they are worth the money for years now. And it continues
Mecardo’s Percentiles update for November 2020. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important
Lamb and sheep prices snuck higher this week and considering this was in step with increasing supplies to yards, tells the story of strong demand.
Earlier in the year lamb exports crashed but they have since resumed somewhat normal trends. However, if we look a bit deeper into the data
The cost of ewes is often the focus at this time of the year, and in 2020 especially, as producers look to not only pick
There was no stopping the count this week, the number of lambs sent to the yards started rising again, and both sheep and lamb markets
Western Australia’s ‘hard border’ restrictions in place for most of this year may have stopped holidays (and test cricket) from heading to Perth, but it
Well, not quite all, but there were plenty of lambs locked up in the paddock last week on account of the rain. More wet weather
It’s peak sucker season in the east, and yet we are seeing few headlines about the returns they are achieving. Sure, after lamb prices broke
With spring rains there is plenty of grass up and down the east coast, and we saw some of the impacts last week. Growers still
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