1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (650+ words) Beef tariffs are back in the news in the US, where the cost of hamburgers is a major talking point. Here we look at where the US gets its beef and how our exports stack up against competitors. The latest…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (275+ words) The Australian beef industry had a June quarter for the history books according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data released last week. Records were broken as cattle slaughter reached a 48-year high and the female rate rose to…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (561+ words) Canola prices have bounced back to their recent highs and sit at levels not seen since 2022. Global supply remains solid, with perhaps some tightness in global export markets driving the strong values. Figure 1 shows canola prices falling recently before rallying…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (628+ words) The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ‘Livestock Products’ report was released last week, and it confirmed what we already knew. Lamb and sheep supplies have been extremely tight, and we are probably at the bottom of the supply cycle. Traditionally…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (326+ words) Sheep meat prices are trading at high levels anyway they are presented, with mutton well and truly holding its own. This article takes a look at supply side factors influencing the mutton price. From the early 1990s the mutton ratio of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (525+ words) The arrival of new season lambs in numbers are imminent, and this week’s market reflected one where buyers were expecting more to choose from in the coming weeks. New season lamb numbers to the yards are beginning to creep higher…...

2+ week, 19+ min ago   (612+ words) With quotas filled in key export markets, and some shifting sentiment in another, cattle exports are in a state of flux. With uncertainty often comes price falls, and we’ve seen that in export markets, here we look at how that…...

2+ week, 20+ min ago   (356+ words) In Friday’s weekly market wrap we highlighted some east-west price differentials in the sheep and lamb market - an occurrence not entirely out of the ordinary, but perhaps worth a closer look given current supply dynamics and the transformation in the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (390+ words) The lamb market showed some resilience this week with the majority of indicators experiencing a significant rise, while sheep prices held fully firm to slightly better. Rainfall throughout the week impacted supply, pushing yardings to their lowest level in a…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (525+ words) With record lamb and mutton prices, very strong wool values and the season to date having been the friendliest in years, sentiment in the sheep industry running strong. Lamb prices have eased in recent weeks, which begs the question, have…...