New season lambs continue to creep to the yards, and buyers are beginning to ramp up competition. Supply in the south is starting to ratchet
The lamb market has so far powered through spring at record levels, as a seasonally contracted lamb crop and historically high demand keep the momentum
Strong processor demand for new season lambs and rain falling in the southeast of the country put the lamb market in the green this week,
The big spring store sales are progressing through the Riverina, and it coincides with rapid spring growth in high rainfall zones further south and east.
The story of supply has been driving the market since Winter, and demand has been reactive. Last week, there was movement at the station when
Australian sheep and lamb exports increased in September but remained subdued in relation to recent trends. The US took dominant market share for the month,
The sheep and lamb market showed some resilience this week as yardings backed off slightly but remained at their second-highest level since June. Merino lambs
The sharp decline in lamb and sheep prices last week came as a bit of a surprise after a long period of peak prices. When
Lighter lambs dominated the yardings, which couldn’t drum up excitement from buyers for this week as prices corrected, and heavier trade lambs remain AWOL. Price
Despite poor seasonal conditions for much of 2025 in a large number of sheep-producing areas, Meat and Livestock Australia has revised this year’s flock numbers
National sheep and lamb indicators generally fell this week, with heavy lambs being the exception. Despite this, there was still plenty of positivity quoted in
Lamb producers who missed out on the extreme prices of the winter are now able to cash in on store lamb values, which have never
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