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Sheep

Mutton marches on

A full sales week saw an increase in yardings as expected and prices tended to move down slightly across the indicators. In positive news for

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Wool

Foot off the gas?

Auction volumes to begin the calendar year have been elevated but market activity on both sides looks to be easing as we approach a period

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Cattle

Cattle supply soaring

With a short selling week due to tomorrow’s public holiday, the cattle market continued its gains with the majority of indicators seeing a positive change.

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Grains & Oilseeds

Wheat in the eye of the storm

After last week’s USDA report and the bearish response to corn and beans, the wheat market has largely traded sideways. There was some good news

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Wool

Softer wool market

Sellers reduced the offering in response to the recent weaker market, however the falling prices continued, with the only positive movements recorded in the Crossbred

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Cattle

Feeders enter the fray

Whilst a week-on-week increase in supply is not a surprise as the trade returns from the break, it’s clear that the resurgence of restocker demand

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Sheep

Mutton makes a move

Despite more rain falling this week across the nation, it wasn’t enough to continue the price rise for lamb. All lamb indicators took a fall

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Wool

Wool market wavers on supply

Another large offering proved too much for the Merino market to handle without a loss this week. However, the market on balance remains higher than

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Cattle

Confident start to the year

The first sales of the new year have shown a positive start for cattle markets with the majority of indicators finishing above the peaks of

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Sheep

Straight to the moon

NASA may have decided to push back its moon mission this week, but this lamb market certainly has a rocket under it. Most indicators in

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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.

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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.

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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.