2022 has seen a steady increase in the number of Tasmanian listings on AuctionsPlus for both sheep and cattle, with producers and agents reportedly adopting the platform to boost awareness and potential customers, especially from the mainland. For the first four months of 2022, AuctionsPlus weekly commercial Tasmanian sheep sales are up 38% on the same period last year, while cattle for the same period are up 40%.

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'Interstate Moovements' is an analysis of AuctionsPlus commercial interstate livestock movement data.
AuctionsPlus is Australia’s largest cattle market, with throughput for the first quarter of 2022 hitting 242,607 head – an increas...
The past four weeks has seen some very interesting market “behaviors” emerge through the AuctionsPlus commercial cattle sales, ref...
'Interstate Moovements' is an analysis of AuctionsPlus commercial interstate livestock movement data.
Given the comprehensive assessment and listing criteria for AuctionsPlus cattle sales, AuctionsPlus publishes specific breed pricing for the Australian cattle market.
The past four weeks has seen some very interesting market “behaviors” emerge through the AuctionsPlus commercial cattle sales, reflected by increasingly cautious buyers, hyper-price aware vendors and a growing number of regionally frustrated producers.
The fourth annual edition of the JAD Speckle Park Bull and Female Sale, held on Friday April 1st, delivered outstanding results for the rapidly growing breed, underpinned by extensive catalogue views and user logins.
As WA faced some “self-imposed isolation” in the past two years, this certainly wasn’t the case for online livestock producers, with the uptake and listing on AuctionsPlus accelerating in recent years.
Southern Queensland asserted its dominance over the Australian cattle market in the final quarter of 2021, flexing its considerable purchasing muscle to cement the top spot in AuctionsPlus’ quarterly buying rankings.
2022 will be a year of fundamentals versus history for the Australian cattle market.
The largest AuctionsPlus commercial cattle offering in five weeks has been catalogued for sale tomorrow, with 16,250 head scheduled.
The supply of cattle booked in for tomorrows AuctionsPlus commercial cattle sales remains seasonally tight, as the fallout from the wettest November in over a century continues to both frustrate and entice producers.

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