Saleyard lamb and cattle prices to bound higher as producers rebuild numbers

Vernon Graham
Updated June 19 2019 - 6:34am, first published June 18 2019 - 3:30pm
TIME TO MULTIPLY: The national commodities forecaster, ABARES, expects livestock producers will start rebuilding their flocks and herds in 2019-20.
TIME TO MULTIPLY: The national commodities forecaster, ABARES, expects livestock producers will start rebuilding their flocks and herds in 2019-20.

Saleyard beef and lamb prices are tipped to rise strongly next financial year as meat buyers jostle for smaller yardings triggered by herd and flock rebuilding.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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