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A tough week for commercial cattle this week with the 17,760 head managing to clear just 36%. Steers 280-330kg have held steady in terms of price but the AuctionsPlus Young Cattle Indicator fell 23 points.

The optimism at the start of the year seems to have dried up along with the available pasture. Heat waves in South Australia and Victoria in February and into March have seen those states lead in terms of falls in confidence.

 

A tough week for commercial cattle this week with the 17,760 head managing to clear just 36%. Steers 280-330kg ...

AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings jumped 20% to 77,452 head this week, with an extra 212% of Me...

 

AuctionsPlus commercial cattle listings rose slightly to 17,205 head. Competition was subdued however, with a c...

 

AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings fell 21% to 64,486 head this week, with the la...

 

AuctionsPlus commercial cattle listings fell by 10% to 16,743 head this week. The average values over reserve m...

AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings fell 6% to 78,266 head this week. The smaller offering was me...

 

AuctionsPlus commercial cattle offerings fell 11% to 18,343 head compared to last week's  20,584, bu...

AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings fell 15% this week to 83,613 head. The smaller offering had a...

 

Stock levels continued their strong start to the year on AuctionsPlus with the number of head listed crossing 2...

AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings jumped 20% to 77,452 head this week, driven by Merino Wethers and Shedding Lambs. Clearance dropped 19% while value over reserve rose to $6.
AuctionsPlus commercial cattle lifting rose slightly to 17,205 head. Competition was subdued however, with a clearance of 54%, down 10 percentage points on last week.
AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings fell 21% to 64,486 head this week. Clearance rose to 59% while Price Over Reserve fell by $10.
AuctionsPlus commercial cattle listings fell by 10% to 16,743 head this week. The average values over reserve measure extended by $16 to $96/head, indicative of strong competition within lots that were favoured by buyers.
AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb listings fell 6% to 78,266 head this week. The smaller offering was met with mixed competition as clearance fell by 5 percentage points to 45%.
Steers remained in relatively high demand on AuctionsPlus while female interest pulled back. The benchmark steer index stayed steady.
AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb prices were mixed this week, with the crossbred lamb indicator falling 16% to $98/head and the restocker ARLI climbing 9c to average 548c/kg lwt.
Stock levels continued their strong start to the year on AuctionsPlus with the number of head listed crossing 20,000 this week. Clearance was 56%.

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