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03 May 2024
The cattle market has generally trended positively, except the Restocker Yearling Steer Indicator and Feeder Steer Indicator which both eased by 5¢. Yardings have lifted by 19,668 to 58,524 head – a 29% increase in yardings. Market reports indicate that yardings have been mixed, potentially impacting price.

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.

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
The cattle market has shown signs of improvement across various indicators. Following the Easter break and bolstered by strong rainfall, yardings increased by 1,688 to reach 23,704 head – however, this is still a 61% drop from two weeks ago. Queensland witnessed the largest reduction in yardings, declining by 1019 to 5,869 head.

02 May 2024
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator, or EYCI, is a seven-day rolling average of young cattle from 23 saleyards across Queensland, NSW and Victoria. It is expressed in cents per kilogram carcase (or dressed) weight (¢/kg cwt) and is rounded to two decimal points

26 April 2024
Lamb and sheep slaughter achieve the second largest weekly slaughter on record.