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Three more lamb plants gear up to install DEXA scanning systems

Three more lamb plants gear up to install DEXA scanning systems

The roll-out of DEXA carcase scanning systems will gather pace next year with another three abattoirs gearing up to install systems.

Rain and the cup cut lamb yardings and nudge up prices

Rain and the cup cut lamb yardings and nudge up prices

The Melbourne Cup holiday in Victoria and welcome rain in parts of parched NSW reduced lamb and sheep yarding at key saleyards during the start of this week.

Goat sales help bring the AuctionsPlus win

Goat sales help bring the AuctionsPlus win

Elders Charleville livestock assessor Gus Foott has only been assessing sheep and goats for 10 months but that hasn't stopped him from being announced as the Queensland sheep award winner of the annual Elders AuctionsPlus awards.

China smashes import record for Australian lamb and mutton

China smashes import record for Australian lamb and mutton

China has continued its import splurge on Australian lamb and mutton in October.

Rain and the cup cut lamb yardings and nudge up prices

Rain and the cup cut lamb yardings and nudge up prices

The Melbourne Cup holiday in Victoria and welcome rain in parts of parched NSW reduced lamb and sheep yarding at key saleyards during the start of this week.

Over the hooks trade lamb prices lagging the saleyard

Over the hooks trade lamb prices lagging the saleyard

The Stock Take: Mecardo's Matt Dalgleish compares saleyard and over the hook prices.

Restocker lamb prices a bright spot in a tight market

Restocker lamb prices a bright spot in a tight market

Downward pressure on lamb prices is continuing with more lightweight new-season suckers hitting the market in drought-hit NSW.

Store lambs are good buying

Store lambs are good buying

The Stock Take: Mecardo's Angus Brown analyses the store and feeder lamb market.

Goat prices on the move again

Goat prices on the move again

After four months of showing a slight decline, goat prices improved again last week.

Over the hooks trade lamb prices lagging the saleyard

Over the hooks trade lamb prices lagging the saleyard

The Stock Take: Mecardo's Matt Dalgleish compares saleyard and over the hook prices.

China smashes import record for Australian lamb and mutton

China smashes import record for Australian lamb and mutton

China has continued its import splurge on Australian lamb and mutton in October.

Store lambs are good buying

Store lambs are good buying

The Stock Take: Mecardo's Angus Brown analyses the store and feeder lamb market.

Goat sales help bring the AuctionsPlus win

Goat sales help bring the AuctionsPlus win

Elders Charleville livestock assessor Gus Foott has only been assessing sheep and goats for 10 months but that hasn't stopped him from being announced as the Queensland sheep award winner of the annual Elders AuctionsPlus awards.

Goat prices on the move again

Goat prices on the move again

After four months of showing a slight decline, goat prices improved again last week.

Spring mutton dressed up as lamb in the south

Spring mutton dressed up as lamb in the south

The Stock Take: Mecardo's Angus Brown writes about the unusually strong mutton prices in Victoria.

99.86 per cent success rate for latest live ex voyage

99.86 per cent success rate for latest live ex voyage

Results from live exports to the Middle East continue to improve after the Al Messilah arrived in the Persian Gulf recently with a 99.86 per cent success rate for sheep and a 100pc delivery rate for cattle.

Restocker lamb prices a bright spot in a tight market

Restocker lamb prices a bright spot in a tight market

Downward pressure on lamb prices is continuing with more lightweight new-season suckers hitting the market in drought-hit NSW.

Wool

Merriman and Webster have run out of chances says WoolProducers

Merriman and Webster have run out of chances says WoolProducers

WoolProducers Australia is cranking up its opposition to the re-election of Wally Merriman and David Webster to the board of Australian Wool Innovation

AWI looks to dig deeper into reserves

AWI looks to dig deeper into reserves

Reduced wool production and lower prices is causing budget pain for Australian Wool Innovation.

We support pain relief for mulesing says Michelle Humphries

We support pain relief for mulesing says Michelle Humphries

Michelle Humphries, a candidate for the upcoming Australian Wool Innovation board elections, says she is a supporter of pain relief when mulesing.

AWI in hot water over push to expel shareholders

AWI in hot water over push to expel shareholders

The peak woolgrower body has questioned why Australian Wool Innovation need the power to expel a shareholder.

Wool's price roller coaster ends week with EMI sinking another 15c

Wool's price roller coaster ends week with EMI sinking another 15c

The wool market sustained moderate losses this week after making gains in the previous two weeks.

Wool buyers get a tad over exuberant on first day of selling

Wool buyers get a tad over exuberant on first day of selling

All is well in the wool industry again it seems.

Australian wool market closes lower | Elders

Australian wool market closes lower | Elders

Superfine holds up as some Merino fleeces fall by up to 80c.

Yo-yoing EMI loses 24c amid wool market volatility

Yo-yoing EMI loses 24c amid wool market volatility

Frustrating volatility in the wool market continued yesterday with the benchmark EMI shedding 24 cents a kilogram clean.

AWI accused of being a pain over mulesing

AWI accused of being a pain over mulesing

WoolProducers Australia says Australian Wool Innovation has ignored its pleas to become more pro-active in supporting calls for mandatory pain relief when mulesing.

Sales

Competition intensifies on back of number shortage

Competition intensifies on back of number shortage

Lamb prices in the north were boosted by the prediction of rain, with buyer competition intensifying against a shortage of numbers at southern selling centres.

Lamb job slips but good prices are here to stay

Lamb job slips but good prices are here to stay

Are we seeing a lamb market correction or is this a holding pattern until new season lambs come on board?

Reporting expectations low

Reporting expectations low

Stocks enter the August full year reporting season with very low expectations for 2019 on aggregate.

New season lambs hit the market

New season lambs hit the market

Prices for lambs are reflecting supply and seasonal conditions in different production areas, leading to mixed trends.

Alarm bells ring over corn crop projections

Alarm bells ring over corn crop projections

It has not been a walk in the park for the developing corn crop since planting.

Lamb strong for the long haul

Lamb strong for the long haul

The Stock Take: Mecardo's Angus Brown writes about rising lamb prices.

Lamb market shows signs of stability

Lamb market shows signs of stability

After some extremely turbulent weeks, the lamb market appears to have stabilised.

Lamb numbers 'surprisingly' high

Lamb numbers 'surprisingly' high

We are into the last four weeks of winter and surprisingly numbers have remained high at all selling centres.

Argentine wheat crop pegged to be at record levels

Argentine wheat crop pegged to be at record levels

Early wheat production in Argentina are forecasts at a record 21.2 million tonnes.

Studstock

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Record for Merino ram at Cottage Park

Record for Merino ram at Cottage Park

There was no doubting the demand for heavy cutting Merino rams at Cottage Park, Cooma

Wilgunya gets full clearance to average $1386

Wilgunya gets full clearance to average $1386

A decision to go ahead with their annual ram sale despite a tough season has paid off for Wilgunya Merino Stud's Heather and Max Wilson.

Allendale sets $21,500 national Suffolk record |PHOTOS

Allendale sets $21,500 national Suffolk record |PHOTOS

ALLENDALE and Days Whiteface studs, Bordertown, reaffirmed themselves as two of the nation's leading terminal sire studs with spirited competition on more than 400 rams and ewes from four breeds to go under the hammer.

Tattykeel's $23,000 top ram

Tattykeel's $23,000 top ram

Rams peaked at $23,000 and ewes at $7500 at Tattykeel's annual stud Poll Dorset sale near Oberon.

Interstate buyers swoop to take top ewe and ram at Tattykeel

Interstate buyers swoop to take top ewe and ram at Tattykeel

Rams peaked at $23,000 and ewes at $7500 at Tattykeel's annual stud Poll Dorset sale near Oberon.

Poll Boonoke rams sold $26,000 twice| Videos, photos

Poll Boonoke rams sold $26,000 twice| Videos, photos

The clearance of 189 Poll Boonoke and Wanganella rams for $3673 augurs well for the Merino ram selling season

Yarrawonga Merino rams hit $22,000 | Photos, video

Yarrawonga Merino rams hit $22,000 | Photos, video

An outstanding result for the Phillips family when they sold 277 Merino and Poll Merino rams for $3090 average price.

Karbullah Merinos sell to a top of $5500

Karbullah Merinos sell to a top of $5500

Karbullah Poll Merinos' annual ram sale has reached an average of $1409 to top at $5500.