Looking at lamb and mutton export values can help provide some explanation about why lamb and mutton prices haven’t been able to reach the record
Supplies continue to tighten, and it’s that time of year where lamb & sheep markets make their move to the top. Most categories of lambs
Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) sheep industry projections released a fortnight ago made some adjustments to sheep and lamb slaughter for 2021 to the downside.
Retail prices for red meat have climbed higher so far in 2021, but so have saleyard prices, limiting the spread between shopfront and farmgate returns.
Lamb and sheep markets were broadly stronger this week. Noteworthy gains were made on store lambs and those at trade weights. Mutton managed to move
Mecardo’s Percentiles update for June 2021. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important
It was only a few months ago that Restocker lambs were fetching 1000ȼ/kg, but demand for store lambs has waned and prices have moved back
The weather may not feel particularly “good” for those in the south east of the country experiencing an arctic blast this week, but overall seasonal
After a shaky start to 2021, where lamb export volumes were initially down 33% in Jan, Aussie lamb exports have rocketed up 20% month-on-month in
Producers appeared keen to get lambs to the saleyard before winter arrived, with a spike in throughput in NSW last week. Most categories of lamb
The buzz may have gone out of the restocker ewe price (except for recent shedding breed bonanzas) as producers accept the ‘new normal’ for replacements,
As if there wasn’t enough happening in global red meat markets, this week it was a cyber-attack on JBS Swift. There has been plenty of
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