First cross ewe lambs up by $21 to top at $324
First cross ewe lambs sold from $222 to $324, averaging $275, up $21 on last week
Sheep
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Largest daily fall in wool market in 12 months
With COVID-19 causing extremely low consumer confidence and no direction for the industry, the Australian wool marketed suffered one of its largest falls.
Store lambs ease to average 424c/kg
Store lambs increased last week with 11,510 head offered, the increased numbers didn’t impact demand with a 95% clearance achieved on AuctionsPlus.
Shorter fleece wool, bellies and pieces draw interest
After the three week July recess break, the Australian wool industry has opened back up with the AuctionsPlus July Recess sale.
Updated visual sheep scoring booklet released
An updated Producer Version of the Visual Sheep Scores (VSS) booklet is now available. VSS is a pocket guide for commercial and stud breeders, providing a standardised framework for assessing and scoring visual sheep traits.
Merino ewe lambs up $2 to top at $260
Merino ewe lambs sold from $161 to $260, averaging $195 up $2 on the previous week.
National lamb slaughter lowest since 2012
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.
Pain relief when mulesing now compulsory
Victorian producers are now required to administer a registered pain-relieving product if mulesing sheep.
Small but positive steps forward for wool market
The first week of the new season has seen the wool market take an unexpected but positive turn.
First cross ewes breaking records at $476
First cross ewes sold from $280 to a record breaking $476, averaging $356 on AuctionsPlus. The tremendous price was achieved by A/c ‘RK & SA Mumford’ from Koolywurtie, SA. The 171 SIL ewes (pictured) weigh in at 82kgs, are 13-14 months of age and are of Glencorrie blood. They have been mated to Dorset rams […]
First cross ewe lambs now hitting $417
Merino wether lambs and crossbred lambs reported large increases in listings as new season lambs are starting to hit AuctionsPlus.
Wool market slumps to lowest since 2015
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.
