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19 April 2024
The cattle market eased for all indicators with the Restocker Yearling Heifer indicator performing the strongest. Yardings reached 84,609 head with a notable increase of 15,339 head positioning it as the fourth largest yarding of the year.

18 April 2024
Last Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the April Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade report, which included updated forecasts of US beef imports and exports. The forecasts show a substantial shift in prospective US trade flows. Although US export forecasts have been revised up slightly, US imports have been revised up by 184,000 tonnes carcase weight equivalent (cwe) to 1.89 million tonnes cwe. This means that the net trade balance for 2024 (exports minus imports) has been revised down 175,000 tonnes to minus 622,000 tonnes, the largest deficit since 2008.

12 April 2024
The cattle market was relatively mixed this week. Yardings lifted slightly, up 3,866 head (or 7%) to 58,596, though still below the numbers seen earlier in the year. Despite the short week last week, yardings fell in NSW and Tasmania due to several store sales. Queensland yardings lifted slightly 13,485 head, as the Queensland Monday sale was not covered this week.

05 April 2024
There is a well-known adage that 80% of an animal’s value comes from 20% of its carcase, leaving the remainder to be considered as ‘co-products’. These co-products encompass a range of items such as runners, tallow, hides, tripe, beef cheeks, liver and other organs.

04 April 2024
Australian goatmeat exports for 2023 reached their second highest volume on record for a calendar year since 2014.

04 April 2024
Investigating how to value-add to goat enterprises amid challenging market conditions has become the focus of Queensland goat producer, Pieter van Jaarsveld’s Nuffield Scholarship research.

21 March 2024
The outlook for the cattle and sheep industry is strong, with a good production forecast in 2024. This year, Australia is expected to remain within a neutral Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), while the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) outlook indicates either an El Niño or La Niña event. Long-term forecasts for a La Niña event in 2024 are varied.

19 March 2024
On-farm strategies which ensure weaners are well-prepared to thrive in backgrounding or feedlot operations also deliver the added benefit of meeting the expectations of consumers.

15 March 2024
The cattle market has experienced a downturn across all indicators. Cattle yardings have decreased by 20,001 to 67,332 head, marking a 30% increase compared to figures from 2023. Notably, there has been a 40% increase in week-on-week yardings compared to 2023.