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Wool prices suffer under quality and currency constraints

WOOL prices dropped further in auctions this week despite the much smaller offering, heavily influenced by a strengthening Australian dollar against the American currency…Read More

Sheep Central, May 9, 2025

Forward wool market struggles in climate of uncertainty

NOT even the tight supply situation could hold up the wool spot market that once again drifted on the exchange rate…Read More

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Partners, May 9, 2025

Better China access, supply and beef drives mutton higher

INCREASED access into China for more Australian processors, strong global beef prices and declining sheep/lamb supplies are helping to drive mutton prices to their highest level in three years…Read More

Terry Sim, May 7, 2025

No direction offered in Australia’s forward or auction wool markets

AUSTRALIA’S spot auction wool market resumed after the one-week Easter recess with no more clarity or direction than before the break…Read More

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Partners, May 2, 2025

Cautious wool buying sees auction market fall further

CAUTIOUS buyers led to another fall in wool prices in the first auctions after the annual one-week Easter recess…Read More

Sheep Central, May 2, 2025

Wool market at mercy of exchange rate fluctuations

THE frailty of Australia’s wool market was illustrated last week with large price falls at auctions, heavily influenced by an upward spike in the Australian dollar’s exchange rate to the US currency…Read More

Sheep Central, April 22, 2025

Wool prices lift at auctions, but lower in US dollars

AUSTRALIAN wool demand remained stable this week benefited by favourable currency exchange rates amid the uncertainty generated by American President Donald Trump’s global tariff pronouncements…Read More

Sheep Central, April 11, 2025

Forward wool buyers and sellers need certainty in tariff times

IT is difficult to find a more erratic week on the global markets than what we have gone through this week…Read More

Guest Author, April 11, 2025

Get on with life and target feeding for weight gain – Howie

MUTTON prices are expected to settle this week after a significant lift last week, but forward pricing has moved higher…Read More

RMA Network CEO Chris Howie, April 9, 2025

Elders clients told to invest in their livestock

ELDERS clients are being told to invest in their livestock, despite the global economic and tariff-led trade uncertainty…Read More

Sheep Central, April 9, 2025

Renewed demand boost wool auction prices

RENEWED demand from mainly China, but also India and Europe, lifted auction wool prices in Australia this week…Read More

Sheep Central, April 4, 2025

Wool gets a solid result considering dark clouds offshore

IT was an interesting week on the spot wool market, with a shaky start and a stronger US dollar that could give little or no support to Merino quantities…Read More

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Partners, April 4, 2025

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