Sheep

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Market Comment

Sheep slaughter still soaring

The latest ABS livestock data was released this week, showing that lamb slaughter for the June 2023 quarter has actually dropped compared to the January-March

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Market Comment

ESTLI at decade lows for August

There was little joy in the sheep and lamb market this week as most prices continued to slide south. The main exception was restocker lambs,

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Market Analysis

Shifting lamb losing value

Attending Western Victoria’s largest sheep event, Sheepvention, this week, the decline in spending was apparently notable. With lamb and wool prices both in the doldrums,

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Sheep in paddock in NSW, photo by Adele SMith
Market Comment

Mediocre market doesn’t slow supply

Some lamb categories rallied ever so slightly this week, but mutton continued to drop despite sheep yardings being lower week-on-week. Producer preference to avoid uncertain

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Market Analysis

Mutton upside a slow burn

Most sheep and wool operations focus on lamb and wool prices, as their main source of income typically comes from these areas. Over the last

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Market Comment

Setbacks in the south

It was a disappointing week on multiple fronts for our friends in Victoria. A cheaper market from the get-go set the tone for the week,

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Market Analysis

Lamb production to reach new record

There’s plenty of positivity around the growing flock and export market opportunities in Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) latest sheep industry projections. For the average

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Market Analysis

Meat breed momentum over merinos

The data from the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Sheep Producer Intentions Survey (SPIS) for May was released earlier in

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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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