A Better Week for the Meat Industry – But Disease Concerns and Vaccinations Now Driving Prices It was a better week for the local meat industry. However, growing concerns around disease outbreaks, the rollout of vaccinations, and their combined impact on supply are beginning to play a decisive role in market pricing. This Meat Price Overview is proudly brought to …
Meat Prices Under Pressure Across the Board It has not been a good week for meat prices, with beef, sheep, pork and poultry all trading lower. The big question is whether weaker demand is now suppressing prices. Let’s take a closer look at what is happening in the market. This Nedbank Meat Price Overview is proudly brought to you by …
Can Vaccination Programmes Boost Demand for Weaner Calves? This week, we explore whether vaccination requirements could increase demand for weaner calves. We also take a look at declining calf prices, rising wool prices, and pork prices that remain elevated. This Meat Price Overview is proudly brought to you by John Deere. A Quick Note of Thanks Around 81% of people …
Livestock Markets Under Pressure as Prices Adjust Lower The sheep market has come under sudden and significant pressure, with prices still facing downside risk. Supers and Chop prices have already declined sharply, and market sentiment remains weak. On a more positive note, weaner calf prices are still holding at higher levels, while the wool market continues to perform well despite …
Livestock Prices Start to Ease as Markets Turn Quiet – More Pressure Ahead? This weekly Livestock Price Overview is proudly brought to you by John Deere. Livestock prices have started to soften, and the market is noticeably quiet at the moment. The key question many producers are asking is whether further price declines are still ahead. This week, we take …
Welcome to this week’s AMT Meat Price Overview, made possible by our main sponsor John Deere. Beef slaughter prices dropped sharply last week as abattoirs across the country report being fully booked. But what does this mean for all the other meat markets? As always, a special thank you to our sponsors—John Deere, Zoetis, Antrovet, Molatek, and the Red Meat …
Welcome to this week’s AMT Meat Price Overview, proudly brought to you by John Deere.This week, we’re asking an important question: Could lower feed prices and higher supers slaughter prices over the past few months soon flip the market on its head? And if producers start slaughtering in larger numbers because of these favourable prices, could that suddenly put downward …
Welcome to AMT’s Meat Price Overview, proudly brought to you by John Deere. We’re moving closer to the end of the year and, as usual, consumer demand typically picks up ahead of Christmas. However, by this time of the year the demand for weaner calves usually starts to slow down.This year looks a bit different. Slaughter prices remain very strong, …
Welcome to this week’s AMT Meat Price Overview, proudly brought to you by John Deere. In this episode, I take a closer look at where calf and lamb prices may be heading over Christmas and into early 2026, how festive season demand may influence the market, what’s happening to wool prices, the situation with Rift Valley Fever in the Northern …
Welcome to this week’s AMT Meat Price Overview, proudly brought to you by John Deere. This week, I looked at previous years with similar price trends in the pork industry, and found strong correlations between 2017, 2020, and 2022 and what we’re seeing so far in 2025. But what could that mean for pork prices going forward? It also seems …
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