National Trade Lamb Indicator at 879c/kg

The National Trade Lamb Indicator is up almost 100c/kg for the month. See our rolling coverage of regional selling centres.

The benchmark National Trade Lamb Indicator has risen to 879c/kg carcass weight on December 12, 2024.

It has increased 21c/kg in the past week, and 96c/kg on last month. The indicator is also 237c/kg higher than the same time last year.

The NTLI, calculated by Meat and Livestock Australia, is a seven-day rolling average of trade weight lambs from National Livestock Reporting Service reported saleyards across Australia. The NTLI includes lambs up to 12 months of age with all fat scores and carcass weights from 20–26kg.

Meanwhile, the restocker lamb indicator has risen to 736c/kg, which is up 10c/kg for the week and 273c/kg higher than a year ago.

The mutton indicator has risen to 396c/kg, it is a rise of 16c/kg in a week, and up 72c/kg in a month. It is 202c/kg higher than a year ago.

Buyers line the rail at Hay in southern NSW.

The National Trade Lamb Indicator’s latest close is based on 74,302 lambs sold during the past seven days. The top contributing saleyards were as follows:

Hamilton

Head: 34,081

Contribution %: 45.87

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 883.38

Wagga Wagga

Head: 11,598

Contribution %: 15.61

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 918.06

CVLX Ballarat

Head: 5571

Contribution %: 7.50

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 916.82

Forbes

Head: 3745

Contribution %: 5.04

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 850.00

CTLX Carcoar

Head: 2776

Contribution %: 3.74

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 872.77

Bendigo

Head: 2645

Contribution %: 3.56

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 830.33

SELX Yass

Head: 2274

Contribution %: 3.06

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 790.88

Dubbo

Head: 2270

Contribution %: 3.06

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 876.46

Naracoorte

Head: 1621

Contribution %: 2.18

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 882.64

Mount Gambier

Head: 1493

Contribution %: 2.01

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 870.27