Lower over-the-hooks prices directing lambs to saleyards

Vernon Graham
Updated September 26 2019 - 1:36pm, first published 1:30pm
NOT HOOKED: Producers are sending more lambs to saleyards because over-the-hooks prices are lagging behind the auction market, says MLA.
NOT HOOKED: Producers are sending more lambs to saleyards because over-the-hooks prices are lagging behind the auction market, says MLA.

Over-the-hooks lamb prices are now lagging more than 40 cents a kg behind saleyard vales, according to Meat & Livestock Australia.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

Get the latest Farmonline news in your inbox

Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date.

We care about the protection of your data. Read our Privacy Policy.