Fall in prices for all joined ewe categories
Lamb prices last week are largely weaker on late March, with first cross ewe lambs, Merino ewe lambs and shedding lambs down $21, $19 and $33/head.
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Influence of genetics on sheep industry webinar this week
Sheep producers have the opportunity to learn how to utilise genetic selection in their sheep flock to increase efficiency of genetic gain during a webinar tomorrow hosted by North West Local Land Services, in collaboration with Central West Local Land Services.
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UK grants exemption to Aussie shearers to work
The United Kingdom has granted Australian and New Zealand shearers an exemption to travel for work and support a shearing labour shortage and it will be interesting to see if Australian shearers take up the offer.
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Robust clearance rates for Merino ewe and wether lambs
Crossbred lambs were steady last week, at $168/head, with a 91% clearance rate for the 3,685 head offered on AuctionsPlus.
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Australian White ewe lambs in demand at $449
After the previous week's higher market, prices movements last week were varied, with falls for the largest lines of Merino wether and crossbred lambs, while SIL first cross ewes averaged $52/head higher.
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Finer microns sell to top of 2019c/kg clean
The AWEX Eastern Market Indicator rose by 9c on Tuesday and a further 6c on Wednesday, seeing the selling week close out at 1,300c, representing a proportional increase of 15c from last week’s figures or 989c in US dollars.
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Trust in Australian wool campaign covers animal welfare
This campaign includes the development of a handbook that covers the areas of animal health, welfare, biosecurity, traceability, sustainability, clip preparation and quality assurance.
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Australian White ewe lambs make $563 in restocker frenzy
One of the highlight sales for the week was the transaction of 30 Australian White future breeder ewe lambs, out of Oberon NSW, at $563/head – the second highest lamb price on record for AuctionPlus.
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Shipping issues to dampen recovering wool price
The AWEX Eastern Market Indicator rose by 6c on Tuesday and a further 2c on Wednesday to close out the selling week at 1,285c/kg, or 977c in US dollar terms.
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Colette Garnsey to step down as chair of AWI
Australian Wool Innovation shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on changes to the AWI Constitution that will put limits on the tenure of directors.
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Broader micron categories lose 20-30c at last wool auctions
For the first time in 4 weeks the EMI fell below 1300c as the 48,409 bale offering came under some price pressure from early in the sale series.
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Merino wether lambs slip but ewe prices up again
The large jump in crossbred and Merino wether lambs had prices back slightly for both categories, with crossbred lambs averaging $161 for the week – down $9/head on last week.
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