Livestock news Rise of the machines at Australian meatworks Australia's big meat processors are ramping up their spending on robots. This week, New Zealand's Scott Technology Limited won a $10 million contract to design and build a lamb boning system for Thomas Foods International's Tamworth plant. The manufacturer is majority owned by Brazil's JBS which already has the systems... Published on: 2021-04-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing High cattle prices haven?t fixed drought hangover: Cattle Council DESPITE cattle prices reaching record highs, producers right across Australia still have a long way to go to recover after up to nine years of drought. Cattle Council of Australia President Markus Rathsmann said while the record-high prices are helping in the recovery, they haven?t created a windfall for beef... Published on: 2021-04-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Limited global lamb supplies supporting Australian prices AUSTRALIAN lamb exports dropped 20 percent year-on-year in the 12 months to March, according to Meat & Livestock Australia. The shipment total of 22,600 tonnes in March took lamb exports for the year-to-March to 57,900 tonnes, MLA said, despite competition between the United States and China lifting prices in February.... Published on: 2021-04-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Online sheep and lamb listings surge for cautious buyers ONLINE sheep and lamb listings almost doubled last week, crashing clearance rates and prices in some categories, and especially for joined and scanned in-lamb ewes as producers look to their feed reserves. With no holidays, the supply of lambs and sheep offered exclusively by AuctionsPlus rose by 38,039 to 80,588... Published on: 2021-04-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Argentine officials rule out banning beef exports or setting quotas Argentine beef industry sources quoted by local media Sunday announced the administration of President Alberto Fern?ndez was not planning to ban beef exports or set up quotas, after announcing last week a series of measures to detect under-invoicing. ?There will be no restrictions or quotas, but registries of exporters and... Published on: 2021-04-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing High cattle prices but not much to sell Despite cattle prices reaching record highs, producers right across Australia still have a long way to go to recover after up to nine years of drought. Cattle Council of Australia President Markus Rathsmann said while the record-high prices are helping in the recovery, they haven't created a windfall for beef... Published on: 2021-04-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Miranda Downs offered with 55,000 cattle STANBROKE is selling its 438,000 hectare (1.08 million acre) Normanton property Miranda Downs. To be sold on a walk in, walk out basis including 55,000 cattle, the rolling term lease is being sold through an expressions of interest process closing on June 3. Miranda is recognised as a particularly productive... Published on: 2021-04-20 Source: Live Stock Pricing Joined Merino ewes sell to $417 on AuctionsPlus JOINED Merino ewes carrying plenty of wool sold to $417 and lambs of all types were popular at firm to dearer prices in reduced offering on AuctionsPlus last week. With the Easter holiday-induced short trading week, the number of sheep and lambs offered exclusively through AuctionsPlus last week was 42,549... Published on: 2021-04-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing Family beef producers underpin property price boom THE big competition for farmland that has pushed grazing property prices to record levels in many regions has come primarily from existing producers looking to expand. They're confident in the ongoing strength of livestock markets courtesy of growing global demand for red meat, and have faith in continued productivity improvements.... Published on: 2021-04-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing Changing seasons moving supply and price spreads We are into April and as cropping and sowing programs are ramping up, lamb finishing programs are winding down. This time of year generally sees a switch in lamb supply patterns through major growing areas, which has a relatively predictable impact on interstate lamb price spreads. While the weeks around... Published on: 2021-04-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing New season test for northern live export prices NORTHERN export cattle prices have softened from record highs, albeit slightly, as the annual nexus arrives between new season supply coming on and the passing of the traditional pre-Ramadan rush on demand in Indonesia. Weekly pricing for feeder steers to Indonesia out of Darwin is being quoted at around 420c/kilogram,... Published on: 2021-04-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing Weekly kill: Grids steady, as first hint of winter approaches DIRECT consignment price grids are largely unchanged across eastern and southern Australia this week, as country starts to dry out after earlier rain and the first glimpse of winter appears on the horizon. Some Queensland processors raised their offers 20c/kg on heavy grass steers last week, while slaughter cow rates... Published on: 2021-04-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing Big Beef: Australia's cattle industry is in crisis thanks to trade war with China Low cattle supplies, higher prices, an appreciating Australian dollar and trade tensions with China continue to create headwinds for the national beef industry, an agribusiness banking specialist says. But the steady recovery of breeding cattle numbers places the industry in a 'unique position' to assess its current trajectory and correct... Published on: 2021-04-14 Source: Live Stock Pricing Will wool stocks dampen any chance of an EMI comeback? Australia's wool market won't see any significant comeback until overseas competition returns to the auction rooms. And according to commodity analysts although Australia's stockpile of unsold wool due to the Covid driven price fall in 2020 is slowly filtering onto the market, there is still plenty of bales yet to... Published on: 2021-04-13 Source: Live Stock Pricing Cattle slaughter rates tipped to be lowest for more than 20 years Australia is heading for its lowest cattle slaughter rates for more than two decades. The National Livestock Reporting Service says the 1,206,404 head processed in the eastern states in the March quarter was the lowest tally for more than 20 years. This trend is expected to continue for 2021. La... Published on: 2021-04-12 Source: Live Stock Pricing Droughtmaster cross steers break CQLX record at 710.2c/kg in Gracemere THE steer price soared to uncharted territory at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange (CQLX) Prime and Store Cattle Sale on Wednesday, where a Droughtmaster cross pen fetched 710.2c/kg breaking the facilitys cents per kilo record. The record-smashing pen, offered by Dean Wyatt and Nicole Marsh, Mt Martin, weighed 137.5kg to... Published on: 2021-04-09 Source: Live Stock Pricing The run up to Ramadan 2021 With Easter now behind us, the next big event on the sheep meat market calendar is the Muslim festival of Ramadan. Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims abstain from the consumption of food from dawn to sunset. Because the... Published on: 2021-04-09 Source: Live Stock Pricing Weekly kill: Rain forces some Qld direct consignment offers to rise SEVERAL large Queensland processors have been forced to lift direct consignment offers this week, as further rainfall impacts slaughter cattle supply. Solid falls of 50-100mm have been received across substantial areas of Central and coastal Queensland over the past week (see today?s weekly rainfall wrap), on top of substantial rainfall... Published on: 2021-04-08 Source: Live Stock Pricing Saudi live sheep exports to resume with new pathway LIVESTOCK exporters have welcomed the establishment of a new pathway to export Australian sheep to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management David Littleproud said today his department has been working closely with kingdom counterparts to ensure the new arrangements meet Saudi Arabia?s requirements and... Published on: 2021-04-08 Source: Live Stock Pricing Australian White and in-lamb crossbred ewes sell well online STRONG demand for Australian White and shedding breed ewes and for lines of in-lamb or joinable crossbred ewes featured in AuctionsPlus online sales last week. AuctionsPlus said after recent rainfall, the number of sheep and lambs offered exclusively on the online platform was down considerably last week, to 46,681 head.... Published on: 2021-04-08 Source: Live Stock Pricing
