Livestock news 2021 grinding beef export sales off to slow start IT?S been a particularly quiet start to the year for Australia?s export grinding beef sales, with low January beef kills being balanced by continued subdued demand out of the US and other key export markets. Traders contacted by Beef Central said there was very little grinding beef business being written... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Interest sought for non-mulesed wool auctions INTEREST in designated non-mulesed wool sales is being sought after a mixed market reaction to the marketing of NM wool in separate sections within Australian auction catalogues. Sheep Central has been told brokers are averse to marketing non-mulesed wool in separate sections in auction catalogues for fear of being perceived... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Industry seeks stability after solid start to the new year COMMENT Initially most of the "experts" had expected the wool market to struggle during the first sale back after the recess, given there were more than 50,000 bales on offer - plus a currency that was the best part of US3 cent higher than its pre-Christmas level. They were all... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing 2019?20 Livestock Farm Monitor reveals insights on farm performance FARM profit has been positively influenced by higher gross farm income and lower costs compared with the previous year according to data collected and analysed in the 2019?20 Victorian Livestock Farm Monitor report. Agriculture Victoria Farm Business Economist Sam Henty said the positive results were influenced by strong lamb, mutton... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Wagga cattle market, January 18 2021 A TOTAL of 3080 cattle were sold at Wagga sale on Monday. There was a large contingent of feedlots and restockers operating. According to the National Livestock Reporting Service vendors weren't disappointed, with light weight steers and heifer classes posting dearer trends. A significant portion of the stock purchased were... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Coles grass-fed Graze range drives demand for Tassie lamb Tasmanian lamb producers have received a significant boost from the reintroduction of Coles' Graze lamb range in 800 supermarkets across the nation leading into Australia Day when there's a surge in demand for lamb chops. Fifth-generation Sassafras farmer Tony Robertson, of Franklin Pastoral Co, whose family has been farming in... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Top prices for Merino ewes at Forbes sale The 42 nd Annual First Cross Merino Ewe sale at Forbes started the selling season with an outstanding result. The best of the unjoined first Cross Ewes reached $453, while their older sisters scanned in lamb reached a healthy $470.00. The entire sale for young, old and Merino Ewes averaged... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing EYCI headed for the stars AS restocking demand cranks up even more on the back of ongoing decent rain, and Queensland producers start to hang on tighter to stock, the cattle market continues to creep up. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator is today sitting at a record 844.75 cents per kilogram carcase weight, after jumping... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Global demand for meat propels deforestation in Brazil, says report The growing world consumption of meat and the actions of the current government are the main ingredients of a recipe leading to the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest. This is one of the conclusions of Fleischatlas 2021 (?Meat Atlas 2021?), presented last Wednesday, January 6, in Berlin. ?Beef is today... Published on: 2021-01-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing PTIC Angus heifer record set at $4100 A NEW $4100 national record top price for PTIC commercial Angus heifers headlined extremely strong results at the annual Nutrien Livestock Mated Beef Female sale at Boyanup last week. The Nutrien Livestock South West team catalogued an outstanding lineup of 451 BVDV tested free and vendor guaranteed PTIC beef heifers... Published on: 2021-01-18 Source: Live Stock Pricing The talk in the wash-up of southern weaner sales THE rip-roaring launch to 2021 cattle selling in the south is providing fuel for plenty of conversations about unusual trends, unpredicted demand shifts and reforms that could be here to stay. So too, the wash-up of the big weaner sales has producers with capacity in their paddocks running a swag... Published on: 2021-01-18 Source: Live Stock Pricing Market focus a key to continued lamb value NEW Zealand lamb exports for 2020-21 have been tipped to decline 6.5 per cent on the previous season to sit at 280,000 tonnes shipped weight (swt), due to a smaller 2019-20 lamb drop, according to Beef & Lamb NZ. In October, Beef & Lamb NZ published its new season outlook,... Published on: 2021-01-15 Source: Live Stock Pricing Chris Howie?s southern sales wrap: Options aplenty as market runs hot Prominent livestock marketing identity Chris Howie offers his insights on market trends and opportunities ahead for Beef Central and Sheep Central readers, drawing from his own observations and an extensive network of producers, agents, processors and industry associates developed during his extensive career as a livestock agent. Chris is Stockco?s... Published on: 2021-01-15 Source: Live Stock Pricing High cattle prices set to drive Deniliquin sale sheep demand RESTOCKING demand at the annual Deniliquin Store Sheep Sale tomorrow is expected to be boosted by sheep producers seeking to lift numbers after recent rain and others looking for options to paying high prices for beef weaners. The AuctionsPlus-interface sale of about 18,000 first cross and Merino ewes and lambs... Published on: 2021-01-15 Source: Live Stock Pricing Steers top at $1777 at WALSA sale THE show rolls on. The combined agents WALSA weaned weaner sale at Boyanup last week continued the steady run of upward returns when steers topped at $1777 and 516c/kg while heifers reached $1605 and 454c/kg. The true story is not told until you look at the number of calves which... Published on: 2021-01-15 Source: Live Stock Pricing Weaner sale grosses more than $2.567m VENDORS, buyers and agents were in a daze when they walked out of the yards at last week's Nutrien Livestock ninth Special Angus Weaner Sale at Mt Barker after it set a new benchmark for weaner sales in Western Australia. It wasn't because they had been in the sun too... Published on: 2021-01-15 Source: Live Stock Pricing Vietnam tops live cattle export figures THE November live export figures reveal a total of 14,438 head of cattle left Fremantle during the month with the majority destined for Vietnam. Consignments of 7992 slaughter cattle and 5918 feeder cattle went to Vietnam. Small consignments of 320 head and 208 head of slaughter cattle went to Kuwait... Published on: 2021-01-15 Source: Live Stock Pricing Hull damaged live export ship hit with unprecedented two-year-ban by AMSA THE Australian Maritime and Safety Authority (AMSA) has taken the extraordinary step of banning an Australian livestock vessel from entering any Australian port for two years, after it suffered hull damage in the Indian Ocean during a ballast voyage on return from Indonesia two months ago. After sustaining damage to... Published on: 2021-01-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing Hot lamb prices for the start of 2021 Lamb prices opened hotly for 2021, climbing higher throughout the first week with restocker lamb playing the staring role sitting 34 per cent higher than the opening week of 2020. This week, the national indicators showed restocker lamb at 954 cents per kilogram, up 219c/kg year-on-year. And according to livestock... Published on: 2021-01-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing Wool leaps into 2021 with a positive vibe Woolgrowers can go into 2021 with a degree of optimism with China sticking to plans and increasing its tariff free quota for the import of Australian clean wool. The increase, in line with its commitment under the Chinese Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), will lift five per cent from 36,465... Published on: 2021-01-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing
