KING Island chops, online sheep selling issues, buying opportunities, lamb price predictions, AUS-MEAT’s dispute settlement role and advice for job seekers all get an airing in Chris Howie’s latest market wrap…Read More
Guest Author, April 7, 2022
LAMB prices generally fell on AuctionsPlus last week as the number of commercial sheep and lambs on the online platform increased 17 percent to 121,947 head…Read More
Sheep Central, March 14, 2022
AUSTRALIA’S wool price benchmark this week made its largest weekly increase since October last year…Read More
Sheep Central, February 4, 2022
WOOL buyers lifted forward market offers as the spot auction delivered its strongest week since June 2021 and the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator rose 42 cents…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, February 4, 2022
SHEEP and lamb prices mostly improved at major eastern states saleyard markets today as Omicron impacts eased among processor workforces, especially in Victoria…Read More
Sheep Central, January 31, 2022
Murray Arnel sale reports and videos
ONCE-BUOYANT Riverina sheep prices were sharply devalued on Friday when a 30,000-strong penning of store ewes and lambs met insipid demand at Deniliquin…Read More
Murray Arnel, January 24, 2022
AUCTIONSPLUS’ online joined ewe offering doubled last week to 12,321 head, meeting firm to stronger demand…Read More
Sheep Central, January 24, 2022
EXPORT and trade lamb prices have held up in the last week of sales before Christmas despite a record weekly turnoff of sheep and lambs at Hamilton in south-west Victoria…Read More
Sheep Central, December 17, 2021
AUSTRALIAN wool prices improved for only selected lines in the last week of 2021 auctions, pushing the clip’s value to $1.132 billion for the year, a rise of $332 million…Read More
Sheep Central, December 17, 2021
Chris Howie offers his perspective on market trends and opportunities in coming weeks and months, drawing from his own observations and from a wide contact network of producers, agents, processors,..Read More
Chris Howie, December 2, 2021
SOUTH-WEST Victoria’s prime lamb turn-off started in earnest this week and Hamilton producer Jess Menzel was more than happy with the record prices for heavy new season lambs…Read More
Terry Sim, November 17, 2021
PRICES improved for limited numbers of ewe-lamb units, Merino wethers and shedding breed ewes on AuctionsPlus last week…Read More
Sheep Central, November 15, 2021