Another encouraging week to report on, with tight supply supporting prices, slaughter up, and the EYCI up a smidgen, with a surprising highlight being that
When discussing finished cattle prices in their latest beef industry projections released last week, Meat & Livestock Australia described the situation as an “uncertain, evolving
One of the big announcements regarding the slowing of the Victorian Covid spread, and the economy, was cuts to meat processing capacity. The experience in
The July update of Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Cattle Industry Projections was released late last week and there were a few tweaks, but the
This week is looking more positive with the EYCI still holding its ground, and some promising gains finally being made on processor cattle, with restockers
The highly seasonal Kiwi slaughter cycle suggests that New Zealand beef export potential will most likely halve over the next few months, with export-grade slaughter
With much of eastern and central NSW receiving a fair dumping of the good stuff (rain) in recent days, fears the season might be diminishing
Last week yardings fell into an abyss, down 22% on the week prior, supporting the EYCI’s rise of 1% for the week. This was driven
Cattle slaughter is down, but it’s not down enough to hit forecasted targets. Part of the problem is female slaughter. Male cattle slaughter is largely
The eastern cattle market continues to be a story of the heady prices being supported by low supply and pent up export demand from burger-loving
A tiny lift in yardings and slaughter coming off in QLD both subdued prices, leading the market to continue it’s glacial creep lower. The Eastern
It has been some time since we updated our backgrounding trading margins, in fact, the spreadsheet still had a weaner price of 320¢. Things have
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