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Market Analysis

Monster March for lamb exports

As our domestic lamb market heads into two weeks with public holidays – and hopefully some more widespread autumn moisture not long after that –

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Market Comment

Mutton leaps over the $5 mark

After a February to forget, April has started with a bang. Miracle mutton continues to march upward, and the seasonality of supply is now setting

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Market Analysis

Live sheep trade drops off

Live sheep export numbers have dropped considerably since the Australian government announced they’d be phased out by 2028. Last year marked the lowest number of

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Market Analysis

WA lamb and sheep discounts

We recently received a request to look at the differences in lamb and sheep prices between eastern and western Australia. The question was specifically in

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Market Comment

Merino lambs catching up

Lambs continue to reclaim the saleyards, with mutton prices remain the beneficiary. With the Easter and the Anzac Day breaks approaching, the top end trade

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Market Analysis

Projecting tighter ovine supply

The March Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Australian Sheep Industry Projections were released on Monday. The projections provide a view on where the sheep supply

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