AuctionsPlus, 6 December, 2019 Rob and Angela Perkins on farm at Narweena Station near Hamilton, South-Western Victoria Narweena Station manager Rob Perkins keeps an eye on weaner prices but says fluctuations during the year don’t really matter – the only price that counts is on sale day each September and January. Rob and his wife Angela run a split calving herd of about 900 breeders, mainly Angus, with some Hereford-Shorthorns and Charolais-Angus cows on 1100ha near Woodhou

AuctionsPlus, 4 December 2019 AuctionsPlus accredited assessor, Sam Ditchfield, says he finds producers with planned trigger points on when to sell are less stressed. With the worst drought in history rocking agriculture, growing debt and the onset of an economic downturn, producers continue to be challenged. For Sam Ditchfield, an AuctionsPlus Accredited Assessor in the heart of New South Wales’ New England region, remaining stoic and positive are two traits he has endeavour

Tom Rookyard, AuctionsPlus Market Insights, 2 December 2019 David Welsh and Dale Boyd of Landmark Assessing Lambs As the many landscapes of agriculture in Australia evolve from year to year, so does the manner in which industry participants choose to engage. From previous years of weekly updates arriving in the mailbox, today’s technology has the ability to instantly connect vastly remote places across the globe. From a livestock perspective, while online sales have removed t

AuctionsPlus, 15th November, 2019 Krongart Station Manager Jamie Catlin on farm with some of their cattle After a tough autumn, the cattle at Krongart Station in South Australia, are relishing the better spring conditions. Manager Jamie Catlin said the herd of 750 Angus and 100 Poll Hereford breeders was now “booming along” thanks to solid winter rainfall across the 1500ha property, 15km south of Penola “They’re looking good,” Mr Catlin said. “They’re enjoying the warmer spri

Tom Rookyard, AuctionsPlus Market Insights 16th September, 2019 Corresponding with significantly better seasonal conditions during the past three months, the AuctionsPlus Market Insights team has seen Victorian buyers become the dominant force in the online auction space. A much wetter winter across parts of the state, especially compared to drought ravaged NSW, coupled with premiums for feeder and prime stock, has seen Victoria purchasing up to 34% of all cattle offered onli

Michael McManus, AuctionsPlus Market Insights August 29, 2019 It has long been industry convention that a c/kg premium is received for weaner cattle, when compared to feeders. The premium can typically be attributed to a range of factors including weight, greater volume, more marketing opportunities from a greater pool of buyers and a larger geographical area. Combined with management processes, many producers tend to sell earlier, rather than holding onto weaners to take thr

Tom Rookyard, AuctionsPlus Market Insights August 19, 2019 Supply challenges, primarily due to drought conditions, combined with robust overseas demand has seen lamb prices across all stock categories reach unprecedented levels in 2019. It appears that whichever saleyard has the most recent sale sets a new national record for heavy slaughter lambs. Given the record prices, combined with tough season, it has been no surprise to see many growers move towards a feedlot, or conta

Tom Rookyard, AuctionsPlus Market Insights August 1, 2019 Cattle eligible for the European Union Cattle Accreditation Scheme (EUCAS) have long held the notion of strong market premiums. Indeed, a recent discussion with a livestock agent after EU feeder steers on AuctionsPlus made 378c/kg liveweight on the 31st of May 2019, begged the question, is the EU scheme still relevant and what are those premiums worth to producers? To answer this, the AMI team looked at an average pric

Anna Holcombe, AuctionsPlus Market Insights July 2, 2019 In previous research, the AuctionsPlus Market Insights Team found that the online market for young cattle was consistently above the EYCI in terms of price during July 2018 – March 2019 (See article here). However, what other factors also influenced a premium when selling online? The AMI Team recently completed a comparison of the price outcomes of offering young steers by bid type, ranging from $/head, c/kg, or both. F

Jenny Kelly July 3, 2019 THE store sheep market still hasn’t found the restocking fire to match the record prices being paid for mutton and lamb. An overlay of the average price being paid for unjoined Merino ewes on AuctionsPlus compared to carcass rates for mutton highlights how store sheep still represent good value. The issue was raised at Wycheproof last week when some onlookers were surprised the market didn’t have more spark, given all the talk about a sheep shortage a

AuctionsPlus Market Insights . June 18, 2019 Weaning calves off their mothers at the point of sale has had a long-standing industry perception that stock will be discounted. In order to gain a true reflection of the accuracy and size of this discount, the AuctionsPlus Market Insight Team have completed a direct comparison on prices received over the last six months for weaned and unweaned cattle traded through the AuctionsPlus system. Steers and heifers, weighing between 200-

Terry Sim June 24, 2019 Australia's rangeland goat producers needed to retain more does and support online marketing of females to help meet breeder demand and ensure the industry’s longevity, according to Queensland Elders agent Gus Foott. The Elders Charleville agent assessed many of the goats offered in AuctionsPlus’ first national goat sale last week, in which 1112 of the 1331 head offered were sold. He believes the industry needs to offer more scanned in-kid does, as is

Tom Rookyard, AuctionsPlus Market Insights Elders agent and AuctionsPlus Level 1 Professional assessor, Dean Hubbard, successfully conducted the inaugural Elders WA Forward Contract Lamb Sale during August 2018 – with the 2019 return of the sale keenly anticipated. Dean, Western Australia’s Elders Zone West Commercial Sheep Manager, offered 10,700 lambs last year online – driven by the desire to offset the traditional price trough for producers in late September and early Oct

AuctionsPlus Market Insights May 21, 2019 While Merino lambs dominated AuctionsPlus lamb listings in the 2018-19 season, an AuctionsPlus Markets Insights Team (AMI) analysis of other breeds and joining decisions discovered some interesting trends for the past season. Looking at lambs traded through the platform between June 2018 and March 2019 (lambs under the age of 12 months, out of Merino and Poll Merino dams, offered as mixed-sex or wethers lines only), the three most wid

Lucy Kinbacher May 27, 2019 Stud stock sales could be streamed through virtual and augmented reality within the next 12 to 18 months as AuctionsPlus becomes the latest agribusiness company to reveal their collaboration with the new technology. During the Australian Limousin Breeders Society's Capitalise on Carcase conference in Armidale last week, AuctionsPlus CEO Angus Street told attendees the online auction giant had bold plans to take their selling platform to an immersiv

AuctionsPlus Market Insights May 7, 2019 With AuctionsPlus lamb sales for the 2018-19 season coming to a recent conclusion, a review of the overall sales performance highlighted several interesting factors. For registered sales between spring 2018 and March 2019, AuctionsPlus recorded increased activity across the board, from vendors, assessors and buyers, despite a slight decline in the number of overall lambs offered. Compared to the same seasonal period in 2017-18, Auction

Courtney Walsh May 3, 2019 Choosing to disperse Pamellen Suffolk Stud herd was not an easy task for Stud principals Pam Hinkley and Suellyn Boucher. When it came to deciding on a format on the sale, Pam and Suellyn knew that they wanted to take the emotion out of the process and as a result, the first time users of AuctionsPlus settled on a sequential online only auction. This decision paid of in spades, with 70 registered bidders logging onto the sale from throughout WA, SA,

Linda Rowley February 6, 2019 An insightful article looking at the Rural property market for 2019. It can clearly be seen there is a common theme from each interview as to what is having an effect on the rural property market… The drought. However other factors have been seen to be having a positive impact such as the NCREIF Australian farmland index stating that Australian farms had a total yearly return of 12.75%, this is fantastic compared to the United states which achiev

Josh Bailey April 30, 2019 AuctionsPlus Rural Property Portal is Australia’s dedicated rural property portal. With the likes of CBRE, Elders, Landmark Harcourts, Ray White, the rma network and Colliers taking advantage of targeting an agricultural audience to ensure their rural properties are exposed to the people they need. With Rural properties and farms for sale in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, w

April 1, 2019 John Settree catches up with Animal Production Specialist, Courtney Lloyd of Landmark to chat about best animal health and nutrition practices when it comes to purchasing weaners into your operation. Find out what vaccinations, injections and drenches should be administered under the current seasonal conditions. Check out the video below or listen in on the road through our podcast link!