The latest ABS data for May reported national lamb slaughter at 1.45 million head, 33% below year-ago levels and the lowest monthly slaughter since January 2012.
In what has been a remarkable turn of events, the EMI is now 1000c lower than it was in 2018. 28,029 bales were offered this week, almost twice as many as the week before.
After last week’s record-breaking price for first cross ewes, prices remained strong for this category selling from $296 to $436, averaging $364, down $1.
Peak woolgrower representative body, WoolProducers Australia has released a survey for woolgrowers to capture the impacts of COVID-19 on Australia’s wool growing businesses.