After multiple years of drought conditions, the current La Nina weather system has given Australian sheep owners a much-needed reprieve. As the country comes out of drought, farmers – particularly across Australia’s east coast – find themselves coming into a much more favourable season, with...
A quick glance at Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) weekly slaughter data suggested both sheep and lamb were following the normal trend. This was not the case however, with the data lagged a week it was a case of supply tightening before the public holiday-induced...
It is the time of year when lamb yardings reach their seasonal high, driven largely by Victoria. It was Sheep that reached a record last week, however. This is no surprise given the very good prices at a time of year when they usually hit...
Sheep slaughter had its second highest week for the year as sheep continue to flow into markets. There has been little impact on prices however, as with lamb, slaughter is down, there is still kill space to fill. Chinese mutton demand continues to run hot. Mutton...
Despite the free-flowing supply in the south Victorian lamb prices found some support, while mutton moved to a new record. WA lamb prices have also rebounded strongly and are now not far off the east coast. It might be that Victorian lambs are finding support...
Sheep and lamb markets are doing funny things. Lamb slaughter is well behind the same time last year, yet prices keep falling. Sheep slaughter is the same as last year, and on the rise, but prices remain steady. Figure 1 shows east coast lamb slaughter, which...
Grower reaction to the recent better wool market resulted in an increased offering, however, this proved too much for the market and it lost momentum this week. AWEX reported that the retracement was across the board, following the weak finish in Fremantle last week. While the...
It has been a decade since the Sheep’s Back to Mill was updated. The Sheep’s Back to Mill publication is a record of the cost of harvesting, testing selling and shipping greasy wool in Australia to overseas mills. One of the components of this publication...
Mixed signals for the lamb market this week as the spring flush appears underway in South Australia, but Victorian volumes still sheepish. Speaking of sheep, mutton prices are holding up resolutely in the face of elevated volumes at the saleyard and at processors. East coast lamb...
There was no real impact from the rain this week in sheep and lamb markets, with a cautious approach seemingly being taken. There was also the issue of the three month outlook and continued strong supplies. Figure 1 shows sheep supplies in saleyards have been running...