{
  "query": {
    "country": "AU",
    "product": "lamb"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "AUD",
    "unit": "per kg (carcase or live weight) or per head",
    "value": 11.512,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 11.512,
    "typical_low": 11.512,
    "typical_high": 11.512,
    "min": 11.512,
    "max": 11.512
  },
  "sample_size": 1436,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-22",
    "to": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "transaction",
  "as_of": "2026-10-22",
  "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": "Our copy of the official source: once a day ProofPrice stores, for each area and item, the median, 10th–90th percentile and count. It is shown because the live source did not respond. The copy covers the area named in the summary.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "National Trade Lamb Indicator (AUD per kg carcase weight) in National Trade Lamb: median A$11.512 per kg (carcase or live weight) or per head (typical range A$11.512 to A$11.512), based on 1436 records in our copy of National Livestock Reporting Service saleyard indicators (Meat & Livestock Australia) (Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), National Livestock Reporting Service) taken on 2026-10-22. The official source did not respond; this is our copy from 2026-10-22. Confidence: high.",
  "notice": "The official source did not respond; this is our copy from 2026-10-22. Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "stale": true,
    "snapshot_date": "2026-10-22",
    "snapshot_area": "National Trade Lamb",
    "snapshot_item": "National Trade Lamb Indicator (AUD per kg carcase weight)",
    "live_source_error": "Source returned HTTP 500"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_11e4ec2266950187003b",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T12:12:17.954Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "transaction",
    "label": "Recorded sale prices",
    "meaning": "Prices recorded in official records of completed sales: they show what others paid, not what a particular item is worth or what is on offer now."
  },
  "reliability": "stale",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-22",
  "data_age_days": 1,
  "suggestions": [
    "The official source did not respond and this is our copy: retry later for the live figure."
  ]
}