核心要点
本周牛、羔羊及绵羊上栏量全线回落。
补栏羔羊指标受上栏量缩减与大范围降雨的双重不利因素拖累表现疲软。
全国羊肉屠宰量周环比上涨 10%。
本周澳大利亚大范围降雨对畜禽市场形成支撑，受上栏量走低影响，多数牛、绵羊市场指标走强。
肉牛市场
全国肉牛周度上栏量环比下降21%，总计42652头。除奶牛指标（‑1%）外，所有肉牛市场指标均上行。
补栏一岁母牛指标上涨11%，报443澳分/千克活重，样本量2898头。昆士兰州供货占比达81%，但南部地区成交价表现最优。
达博市场均价529澳分/千克活重，瓦加市场均价521澳分/千克活重，供货量分别仅为61头、218头。
育肥公牛指标上涨2%，报519澳分/千克活重，供货量5647头。
瓦加市场对该指标贡献占比最高，达17%（974头）。新南威尔士州北部供货紧缺带动价格走高，阿米代尔、冈尼达、因弗雷尔是仅有的几处均价突破550澳分的牲畜交易市场。
绵羊市场
全国羔羊上栏量下降28%，至111335头；全国绵羊上栏量下降8%，至46724头。各项指标表现分化，除美利奴羔羊指标（‑1%）与补栏羔羊指标（‑5%）以外，其余全部走高。
本周补栏羔羊指标表现反常，尽管上栏量减少，且新南威尔士州、维多利亚州、南澳大部分地区降雨充沛，该指标仍周环比下跌5%，报1043澳分/千克。
该指标受卡坦宁市场12%的样本占比影响，该市场均价为666澳分/千克胴体重量。对比来看，卡坦宁上一轮交易均价875澳分/千克胴体重量，样本占比11%；两轮交易之间价格下滑24%。
单独看新南威尔士州数据，该指标周度下跌3.7%。补栏羔羊指标月内累计下跌10%，较去年同期水平低5%。
重羔指标上涨3%，报1127澳分/千克胴体重量，对应供货量14915头。
新南威尔士州为主要供货来源，占供货总量86%，维多利亚州占12%。各交易市场价格波动有限，巴拉腊特市场以651头的供货量录得全场最高均价1171澳分/千克胴体重量。
屠宰量
统计周期：截至2026年8月21日当周
（1）牛只
全国肉牛屠宰量周环比提升1.8%，达150172头。昆士兰州是唯一屠宰量周度上涨的州，增幅7%，拉动整体屠宰量走高。
各州肉牛屠宰量（同比）：
新南威尔士州：下降1%，至35073头
昆士兰州：下降1%，至79188头
南澳大利亚州：上涨3%，至3876头
塔斯马尼亚州：上涨17%，至4300头
维多利亚州：下降5%，至24250头
西澳大利亚州：下降12%，至3485头
（2）羊肉
全国羔羊屠宰量周环比下降1.2%，为371000头；绵羊肉屠宰量上涨9.8%，达111109头。
各州羔羊屠宰量（同比）：
新南威尔士州：上涨25%，至122446头
昆士兰州：下降9%，至1095头
南澳大利亚州：下降63%，至15516头
塔斯马尼亚州：上涨65%，至8025头
维多利亚州：上涨1%，至183352头
西澳大利亚州：下降10%，至40566头
信息来源：澳大利亚肉类与畜牧业协会（MLA）市场信息分析师 亚历克斯·弗莱
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Weekly cattle and sheep market wrap
Key points
Cattle, lamb and sheep yardings dropped across the week.
Restocker Lamb Indicator struggled in a perfect storm of smaller yardings and widespread rain.
National mutton slaughter lifted 10% over the week.
Rainfall across large parts of the country this week supported livestock markets, with most cattle and sheep indicators strengthening against smaller yardings.
Cattle market
The national cattle yarding dropped 21% over the week to a total of 42,652 head. All cattle indicators lifted except for the Dairy Cow Indicator (-1%).
The Restocker Yearling Heifer Indicator lifted 11% to reach 443¢/kg liveweight (lwt) across 2,898 head. Queensland formed 81% of the offering, however the best prices were found down south.
Dubbo averaged 529¢/kg lwt and Wagga averaged 521¢/kg lwt across offerings of just 61 and 218 head respectively.
The Feeder Steer Indicator lifted 2% to 519¢/kg lwt across an offering of 5,647 head.
Wagga contributed the largest share to the indicator, accounting for 17% (974 head). Strong prices from limited northern NSW supply saw Armidale, Gunnedah and Inverell emerge as the only saleyards to average above 550¢.
Sheep market
The national lamb yarding fell 28% to 111,335 head, while the national sheep yarding fell 8% to 46,724 head. Mixed results across the indicators saw all lift except for the Merino Lamb Indicator (-1%) and The Restocker Lamb Indicator (-5%).
The Restocker Lamb Indicator stood out this week, falling 5% week-on-week to 1,043¢/kg despite a smaller yarding and healthy rain across large parts of NSW, Victoria and SA.
The indicator was influenced by Katanning's 12% contribution with the yard averaging 666¢/kg cwt. By comparison, Katanning averaged 875¢/kg cwt at its previous sale and accounted for 11% of the offering – a decrease of 24% between sales.
Isolating NSW in the indicator shows a drop of 3.7% over the week. The Restocker Lamb Indicator is down 10% over the month and now sits 5% below its level from 12 months ago.
The Heavy Lamb Indicator lifted 3% to 1,127¢/kg carcase weight (cwt) across an offering of 14,915 head.
NSW formed most of the supply to make up 86% of the offering with Victoria offering up 12%. Prices were tight across all yards with best average in Ballarat at 1,171¢/kg cwt across 651 head offered.
Slaughter
Week ending 21 August 2026
（1）Cattle
National cattle slaughter numbers increased 1.8% week-on-week to 150,172 head. Queensland drove the increase as the only state to lift across the week by 7%.
State-by-state cattle slaughter (YoY):
NSW: down 1% to 35,073 head
Queensland: down 1% to 79,188 head
SA: up 3% to 3,876 head
Tasmania: up 17% to 4,300 head
Victoria: down 5% to 24,250 head
WA: down 12% to 3,485 head.
（2）Sheep
National lamb slaughter decreased 1.2% week-on-week to 371,000 head, while mutton slaughter increased 9.8% to 111,109 head.
State-by-state lamb slaughter (YoY):
NSW: up 25% to 122,446 head
Queensland: down 9% to 1,095 head
SA: down 63% to 15,516 head
Tasmania: up 65% to 8,025 head
Victoria: up 1% to 183,352 head
WA: down 10% to 40,566 head.
Attribute content to: Alex Fry, MLA Market Information Analyst
Information is correct at time of publication on 28 August 2026
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