Sheep

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Market Comment

Lamb price rally continues

With the Christmas shutdown imminent, producers looked to cash in on the recent price rises, as they delivered record yardings for the last fully operational

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Market Analysis

Light lambs early exit

For a few months now we’ve been tracking lamb exports to the Middle East. This data has been backing up the anecdotal reports regarding the

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Market Comment

Lambs back to 600¢/kg mark

The positivity in the sheep and lamb market has continued to pick up this week, yet to be slowed by the upcoming festive season break

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Market Comment

More rain lifts prices

Widespread rain on the East Coast helped prices continue their upward trajectory, supported by a decrease in throughput as growers’ feed supply concerns further eased.

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Market Analysis

Lamb turnoff takes precedence

Sheep slaughter for the September 2023 quarter rose year-on-year but dropped in comparison to the previous quarter, the first time this has occurred since 2016.

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Aerial drone photo of sheep in Winilippe Yards KondoolkaStation , SA by Stefanie Roeske
Market Comment

Lambs are looking up

Rainfall in the east – whether it actually fell or is still forecast to come – continued to support sheep and lamb prices this week,

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Sheep and lambs
Market Analysis

Future breeders moving off farm?

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its quarterly Livestock Products report last week, and while we can get some indications from weekly data, the

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Market Comment

Eyes on the skies

The lamb market performance was varied this week, with a modest uptick in prices for some categories. New season lamb numbers are on the rise,

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Market Comment

Trade lambs revert to month-ago levels

Australia’s October sheepmeat exports were the highest monthly total on record, driven mainly by significant increases in mutton volumes. Unfortunately, record-breaking exports and strong slaughter

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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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