
Export volumes lower, but keeping pace with supply
Total sheepmeat exports fell by nearly a third year-on-year for the month of May. A lack of supply rather than any evidence of a further

Total sheepmeat exports fell by nearly a third year-on-year for the month of May. A lack of supply rather than any evidence of a further

With the combination of high wool prices, high sheep meat prices and a rebound in skin prices, interest in calculating the best value pathway (shear

There has been some sentiment shift in cattle markets, and as usual it’s more to do with the weather than anything else. Restockers are back

Peace has been declared in the Middle East, at least at the time of writing, and it has hit oil futures. It remains to be

The scramble to get beef into China before Australia’s quota is filled for the year, along with continued soaring demand from the US, has pushed

Crossbred wool prices have endured a torrid time since 2020. Unlike merino, crossbred prices did not bounce back strongly in 2021 following the initial impact

There hasn’t been a lot of fanfare, as prices have been strong for some time, increases are marginal, and the heavy end is lagging. The

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) released it’s June Crop Report last week, and it looks like the energy crisis

It is a year since Mecardo last looked at the very fine edge of the merino micron distribution in terms of price and volume. Quite

The end of March seems a lifetime ago given what has gone down in cattle markets since. But it is the end of March slaughter

International wheat markets continue to bounce around, looking for a level as the northern hemisphere harvest approaches. Locally price spreads have ballooned, but then it

The latest data from the lotfeeding sector, as well as ABS livestock production figures, continues to reflect the now firmly cemented importance of the sector
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The rain driven rapid rise in young cattle prices at saleyard level should translate quickly into higher export feeder cattle prices.
The rain driven rapid rise in young cattle prices at saleyard level should translate quickly into higher export feeder cattle prices.
The rain driven rapid rise in young cattle prices at saleyard level should translate quickly into higher export feeder cattle prices.