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02 May 2025
There was strong growth across all cattle indicators as demand returned after the long weekends. Yardings are now back in line with the weeks before the disrupted sales over the past fortnight. Cattle yardings lifted over 150% to 77,073 head, the sixth largest throughput this year.

30 April 2025
MLA analysts provide accurate and timely market information to the red meat industry through a range of resources. The information is sourced from the National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS), an independent market intelligence agency within MLA that collects and reports on livestock market data. This data includes slaughter statistics, wholesale meat prices, and skin and hide prices.

24 April 2025
The cattle market has moved sideways across all indicators, with only the Dairy Cow and Restocker Heifer Indicators lifting notably. Cattle yardings dropped by 41,741 to 16,804 head.

11 April 2025
The cattle market has changed direction after the announcement of US tariffs, with the exception of the Restocker Steer Indicator, which has remained stable. With the Easter break approaching, supply spiked by 6,326 to 69,564 head.

19 February 2025
The latest quarterly statistics on livestock slaughter and meat production from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have shown that 2024 was the largest year for lamb and sheep slaughter in decades.

17 April 2025
The mixed results in the cattle market this week were due to the volatility of supply in saleyards. This was caused by interrupted sales, with reduced yardings the week prior.

12 September 2019
Latest figures show national lamb slaughter at 1.5 million head in July, well below year-ago levels and only slightly higher than June throughput.

15 August 2018
According to the latest ABS data, year-to-June national lamb slaughter surpassed 12 million head for the first time on record.

16 April 2025
Australia is heading into a series of public holidays that are expected to disrupt regular operations at saleyards and meat processing plants across the country. As anticipated, MLA market analysts observed early signs of these disruptions in last week’s NLRS saleyard throughput and slaughter data.

15 August 2019
National lamb slaughter hit 2.16 million head in May, the third highest monthly total on record. Since then, the anticipated lamb shortage has appeared, with June slaughter back 33% month-on-month.