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
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
Australia’s major sheepmeat export competitor, New Zealand, has been going through flock decline for a decade and their production has followed suit, albeit at a
Both yardings and slaughter for sheep and lamb are on their way back up after the usual mid-winter processor slowdowns come to an end, and
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
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,
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
Sellers returned to the market this week, cautiously observing the price improvements from the previous week. They encountered mixed price directions, albeit with relatively milder
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
Tighter saleyard throughput was enough to see the lamb and sheep market finally lift. With store lamb prices at some of the lowest levels in
Public consultations were completed this week by the independent panel created to advise the federal government on the phase-out of live sheep exports, and they
Rain may have kept some lambs away from the saleyard, but this week buying interest was weak for the quality and weights on offer. Additionally,
Producer’s intentions to continue rebuilding Australia’s sheep flock have diminished since October, as market prices have lowered, and input costs (namely interest rates) have risen.
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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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