SHEEP

Shearer shortages impact lamb prices

SHEEP producers selling lambs unshorn due to skilled shearer shortages could be hit in the hip pocket, with buyers becoming more selective as lamb supply surges.

Staff Writer
 MLA reports buyers are offering discounts for unshorn lambs due to the additional cost and effort required for shearing. Image courtesy of Meat & Livestock Australia.

MLA reports buyers are offering discounts for unshorn lambs due to the additional cost and effort required for shearing. Image courtesy of Meat & Livestock Australia.

National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS) data shows there have been 201,315 lambs yarded nationally over the last month, up 15.37 per cent from 174,493 during the same period last year. Meanwhile,...

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