May 09, 2025
Mutton correction at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 76,100 The landscape has been significantly impacted by ongoing dry conditions, prompting producers to make tough decisions regarding their lambs and sheep. As a result, the lamb market has witnessed another record. All…
May 07, 2025
Dry forcing Mutton onto the market at Ballarat
Yarding: 42,202 Lamb numbers remained similar with 26,722 penned, lambs off supplementary feed presented in excellent condition over the extra heavy exports and the lead of the trade lambs. Quality became patchy ranging from plainer…
May 06, 2025
Lower snowfall jeopardising Asian water security…
By Peter McMeekin Nestled high above Asia's crowded plains and winding river systems, the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) mountain ranges have stood tall as guardians of life for eternity, their snow-covered peaks storing nature’s…
May 06, 2025
Mutton drop at Bendigo
Yarding - 21,330 Supply lifted again amid the on-going dry weather, 13,700 lambs and 7630 sheep for a yarding that increased 8000 head on a week ago. Prices retreated again for all categories. Not all buyers participated or operated…
May 02, 2025
Hard fed Lambs dominated at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 76,500 The ongoing dry autumn conditions have pushed nearly 20,000 extra lambs into the market this week, as farmers continue to offload stock. Despite the increased numbers, lamb quality remained very good, with hard-fed…
Apr 30, 2025
Hay Report - The Great Hay Hunt
For the fortnight up to the 30th of April 2025. By Dwain Duxson Demand in the last fortnight has been fever pitch. I would say 80 per cent of our enquiries on a daily basis would be Hay or Feed Grain. When…
Apr 30, 2025
Ballarat follows Bendigo - Mutton up big time
Yarding: 35,300 Numbers returned to normal levels after last Tuesday’s unusually low yarding due to the short trading week. There was some excellent super-sized export lambs yarded as well as a very good lead of heavy trade…
Apr 29, 2025
EU Grain production set to bounce back…
By Peter McMeekin The April edition of the European Commission’s winter, spring and summer crop production outlook was released last week, with the yield estimates for total wheat, total barley, corn and rapeseed across the…
Apr 28, 2025
Bang - Mutton up $30 to $80 at Bendigo
Yarding - 13,210 Smaller yarding of 8960 lambs and 4250 sheep following the Easter break and reasonable rainfall in some areas. Quality was mixed and well fed lambs with weight were in the minority, with no extra heavy exports above…
Apr 25, 2025
Lambs in demand at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 48,500 Following the Easter holiday break, the lamb market experienced a notable shift, with numbers falling short of expectations. Despite this, the quality of the lambs presented ranged from fair to outstanding, particularly…
Apr 23, 2025
Super small yarding at Ballarat
Yarding: 5895 Lamb and sheep numbers dropped dramatically to 4,560 Lambs and 1,335 sheep, being a shorter week contributed very low numbers and one off the smallest yarding in a very long time. Quality was patchy for the limited offering…
Apr 22, 2025
Algeria tapping the global Wheat market…
By Peter McMeekin Algeria raided the global wheat coffers again last week, with the state-owned Office Algérien Interprofessionnel des Céréales (OAIC) announcing an international tender for soft milling wheat…
Apr 17, 2025
Hay Report - Crystal Ball Gazing
For the fortnight up to the 17th of April 2025. By Dwain Duxson As humans, we have this thing called recency bias, where we forget how things were. I remember in my 20s when they used to have Farmers ring into…
Apr 16, 2025
Mutton prices inching up at Ballarat
Yarding: 24,222 Lamb numbers dropped considerably to 17,730 penned. Heavy export and heavy trade presented in excellent condition off feed, however were limited and quality dropped off to plainer types in woolly skins lacking finish.…
Apr 15, 2025
Pakistan likely to resume Wheat imports…
By Peter McMeeking In a startling blow to Pakistan’s food security ambitions, the country may be forced to ramp up wheat imports in the 2025/26 marketing year as domestic production plunges due to a sharp decline in the planted…
Apr 15, 2025
Boring market at Bendigo
Yarding - 22,800 Numbers dropped back to 14,450 lambs and 8350 sheep, down more than 10,000 head on a week ago. It was a plainer yarding allround, with less good grainfed lambs and a lot more light Merino ewes in the mutton run. Not…
Apr 11, 2025
Reset on Mutton prices at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 80,050 In an unprecedented turn of events for autumn, agents offered a record yarding. There was a significant increase in both lamb and sheep numbers. With no rain in sight, water scarcity, and the absence of an autumn…
Apr 09, 2025
More down that up at Ballarat
Yarding: 46,689 Lamb numbers increased after last week’s stronger market, with 33,800 yarded. Heavy trade and export categories presented in excellent condition off supplementary feed but limited numbers penned. All other weights…
Apr 08, 2025
US growers switch from Soybeans to Corn…
By Peter McMeekin Early last week, before the US President’s “Obliteration Day” announcement of sweeping and unprecedented tariffs on most of America’s global trading partners, the United States Department…
Apr 08, 2025
Big surge in Mutton numbers at Bendigo
Yarding - 33,100 Supply lifted to 18,200 lambs while nearly 15,000 sheep came forward as producers chased the hot mutton prices recorded in the north late last week. Lamb quality was more mixed this week, with a quicker fade off in…
