Tighter supply and public holiday shutdowns have incentivised buyers to push the market higher this week. With all lamb categories now averaging higher than$10/kg carcase
After two record breaking years of sheep and lamb production, supply has already started to slightly contract so far in 2026. There are plenty of
Sheep and lamb prices felt the pressure of increased supply this week, with all categories closing in the red. Extreme heat across the country pushed
It has been a pretty devastating weekend in many Victorian sheep-growing areas, with fires raging through some prime sheep and cattle country. The consequences will
The final week of saleyard trading for 2025 saw lamb prices strengthen across the board as a result of the lowest yardings since October. The
Each December we save the last article of the year for a bit of a crystal ball gaze, as we try to bring together market
The 2nd largest lamb yarding in the last 2 years did not rock the boat from a price perspective, as most of the major national
The latest ABARES outlook for livestock products has sheepmeat production dropping for the 2025–26 financial year, pushing prices higher and potentially boosting global demand even
Total sheep and lamb saleyard throughput fell this week, and so did most price indicators, as plenty of supply, proximity to holiday processor shutdowns, and
The October Sheep Producer Intentions Survey (SPIS) provides some very important information regarding the number of lambs on the ground, the type of lambs, and
Supply crept higher this week to 392k head for lamb and sheep through to the yards, and prices retracted as harvest in the south and
New data released in the past week from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Meat and Livestock Australia/Australian Wool Innovation offers insight into how lamb
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