Sheep

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Market Analysis

Plenty of Lamb, many a market

With Meat & Livestock Australia’s Sheep Industry Projections indicating 2024 will be the peak supply for this cycle of flock growth, it will come as

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Market Comment

Erratic sheep moves

The 10th week of the year saw some small mixed movements in lamb indicators this week. A large decrease in mutton supply was not enough

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Market Analysis

Flock growth is over

Lamb slaughter in 2023 and 2024 is literally off the chart. That is to say, we had to adjust the ‘Y’ scale to accommodate the

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Market Comment

Mutton maintains, lamb lags

Movement in the sheep and lamb markets was minimal this week, with most indicators either holding firm or falling slightly. Mutton and restocker lambs showed

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Market Comment

Mutton mounts a comeback

A mixed week of results for lamb and sheep markets with the majority of indicators making slight gains. Yardings fell 24% on the previous week

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Market Comment

The Endless (Supply) Summer

Despite another drop in throughput, the lamb and sheep market this week was showing signs of supply fatigue in what has been a red-hot start

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Market Analysis

More lambs to come?

The market in 2023 provided processors an opportunity to make the most of young light lamb supply at the yards to sell to the Middle

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Market Comment

Has the music stopped?

All bar one of the indicators finished the week lower than the previous week, as the market continues to find its new normal following the

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Research: Analysis of the Australian sheep flock

In this report for LiveCorp and MLA, we analysed the historical trends in the demographics of the Australian sheep flock, examining domestic factors that influence farm-level enterprise decision making. 

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