Sheep numbers decline as lull hiatus nears

Bryce Eishold
Updated April 19 2022 - 3:17pm, first published 6:00am
PRICE CHECK: Vineta Zveja and Jonathan Liebelt, Littlehampton, SA at Mount Pleasant, SA, market last month.
PRICE CHECK: Vineta Zveja and Jonathan Liebelt, Littlehampton, SA at Mount Pleasant, SA, market last month.

Throughput at southern Australian sheep markets declined significantly last week due to Easter, with the volumes of sheep unlikely to increase notably for at least another week.

Bryce Eishold

Bryce Eishold

Senior Journalist

Bryce is a senior journalist with Australian Community Media's Stock & Land where he reports on all aspects of agriculture. Bryce is also the president of the Rural Press Club of Victoria. Email Bryce at bryce.eishold@stockandland.com.au.

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