As eastern Australia registered another damp and gloomy autumn, with another wet winter on the cards, a large swathe of South Australia experienced a later than usual autumn break – which is set to impact feed supplies and stock numbers into the second half of the year. With the drier start to the year, commercial cattle, sheep and lamb numbers through AuctionsPlus out of SA so far in 2022 have hit record highs, underpinned by a large flow of stock interstate.

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Soaring cattle prices in the past two years has underpinned the record re-investment into the seedstock industry, as excellent sea...
The WA Cattle Sale is an important feature of AuctionsPlus commercial sales platform, held most Monday’s at 3:30pm. Averaging 32 s...
Clearance rates and average prices from AuctionsPlus commercial cattle sales are quick indicators for market trends. However, they...
Soaring cattle prices in the past two years has underpinned the record re-investment into the seedstock industry, as excellent seasonal conditions enable producers to introduce improved genetics into their slowly expanding herds.
Averaging 32 sales a year, the WA cattle sale has had the most consistent clearance rate on the platform.
AuctionsPlus commercial cattle data has been reviewed to understand the relationship between final sale prices and the value over reserve.
Southern Cross’s greatest strength was that his “looks match his performance”.
For the past month, average prices increased by 45% on the same period in 2021, after increasing 50% from 2020 to 2021.
Cattle offerings for the first quarter of 2022 (1 January- 31 March) reached a total of 225,622 head - a 17% year-on-year rise from the same period in 2021.
Most producers would guess that PTIC females which have been Artificially Inseminated (AI) would return a price premium over those joined to bulls.
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.
'Interstate Moovements' is an analysis of AuctionsPlus commercial interstate livestock movement data.

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