{
  "query": {
    "country": "AU",
    "product": "cattle"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "AUD",
    "unit": "per kg carcase weight",
    "value": 9.879,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": 2140,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-21",
    "to": "2026-10-21"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "transaction",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-10-21",
    "note": "MLA's weighted average of prices paid at saleyard auctions on one trading day; not one animal, not a futures price and not a retail meat price."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-24T14:14:59.154Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "au-mla-livestock",
    "name": "National Livestock Reporting Service saleyard indicators (Meat & Livestock Australia)",
    "publisher": "Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), National Livestock Reporting Service",
    "licence": "MLA Market Report and Information Terms of Use: non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, copy, reproduce, publish, distribute and commercialise the Data; attribution required",
    "licence_url": "https://www.mla.com.au/general/Terms-and-conditions/data-and-information/",
    "attribution": "Reproduced courtesy of Meat & Livestock Australia Limited - www.mla.com.au",
    "url": "https://www.mla.com.au/prices-markets/statistics/api"
  },
  "method": "Meat & Livestock Australia's National Livestock Reporting Service indicator: the weighted average price paid for the animals sold at Australian saleyard auctions on the trading day, with the number of animals sold. We pass on the newest trading day (weekend repeats of Friday's figure are skipped), converted from MLA's cents per kg to Australian dollars per kg; the sample size is animals sold, not sales records. No range is calculated.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The eastern young cattle averaged A$9.879 (987.9 cents) per kg carcase weight at Australian saleyards on 21 October 2026 (2,140 animals sold), as published by Meat & Livestock Australia. That is 7.2% higher than on 23 September 2026. Reproduced courtesy of Meat & Livestock Australia Limited - www.mla.com.au.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Australia",
    "indicator": {
      "id": 0,
      "name": "Eastern Young Cattle Indicator",
      "species": "Cattle",
      "published_units": "c/kg cwt",
      "asked_for": "cattle"
    },
    "published_value": 987.8960978505,
    "aud_per_kg": 9.88,
    "animals_sold": 2140,
    "trading_day": "2026-10-21",
    "change_on_about_4_weeks_earlier": {
      "reference_date": "2026-09-23",
      "value": 9.2136,
      "change_percent": 7.2
    },
    "last_trading_days": [
      {
        "date": "2026-10-21",
        "value": 9.879,
        "animals_sold": 2140
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-20",
        "value": 9.6225,
        "animals_sold": 5456
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-19",
        "value": 9.6734,
        "animals_sold": 11719
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-15",
        "value": 9.7062,
        "animals_sold": 16074
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-14",
        "value": 9.6869,
        "animals_sold": 15827
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-13",
        "value": 9.5574,
        "animals_sold": 15986
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-12",
        "value": 9.3264,
        "animals_sold": 18410
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-08",
        "value": 9.1814,
        "animals_sold": 14055
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-07",
        "value": 9.1702,
        "animals_sold": 13884
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-06",
        "value": 9.1862,
        "animals_sold": 14537
      }
    ],
    "other_indicators_same_species": [
      {
        "product": "western young cattle",
        "indicator": "Western Young Cattle Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "restocker steers",
        "indicator": "National Restocker Yearling Steer Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "feeder steers",
        "indicator": "National Feeder Steer Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "steers",
        "indicator": "National Heavy Steer Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "dairy cows",
        "indicator": "National Heavy Dairy Cow Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "restocker heifers",
        "indicator": "National Restocker Yearling Heifer Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "cows",
        "indicator": "National Processor Cow Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "national young cattle",
        "indicator": "National Young Cattle Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "online cattle",
        "indicator": "Online Young Cattle Indicator"
      },
      {
        "product": "feeder heifers",
        "indicator": "National Feeder Heifer Indicator"
      }
    ],
    "what_this_is": "Daily weighted average of prices paid at Australian saleyard auctions, published by Meat & Livestock Australia. Not one animal, not a futures price and not a retail price.",
    "attribution_notice": "Reproduced courtesy of Meat & Livestock Australia Limited - www.mla.com.au"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_393c224065388767adbf",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-24T14:14:59.154Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "transaction",
    "label": "Published market indicator",
    "meaning": "A weighted average of prices paid at saleyard auctions, calculated and published by Meat & Livestock Australia; the sample size is the number of animals sold."
  },
  "reliability": "official_with_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-21",
  "data_age_days": 3,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure for a group: for a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}