Cattle

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Market Analysis

Supply shores up slaughter surge

Stocking rates are well above average across southern Australia after two years of good rainfall, and a positive wet season in the north has that

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Market Comment

Feeders feel price pinch

The cattle market held steady this week, with very little movement in any of the main indicators. While we won’t see the impact of the

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Market Analysis

The question of overcorrection

The cattle market has continued to smash through support levels that we thought would hold, and is headed into territory we haven’t navigated since large

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Limousin cattle
Market Comment

Cattle still slipping

Young cattle prices fell further this week, now sitting at nearly half of what they were just 12 months ago. If we look at it

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Cattle,Muster
Market Comment

Slip & Slide

Cattle markets have continued to slide backward, despite reduced supply pressure as yardings fall. Cow prices in particular have been hammered, with the monthly change

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Cattle herd drover
Market Comment

Buyers market for cattle

The recent slump in prices and increased availability of cattle as mustering activity in QLD intensifies have encouraged another increase in supply to the yards

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Cattle in field
Market Analysis

FSR far from liquidation marker

The Australian cattle industry’s Female Slaughter Rate (FSR) continued its’ rebuild streak for the first quarter of this year, barely increasing and not reaching anywhere

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Angus cattle
Market Comment

Supply subsides

The strong supply pressure we saw over the last couple of weeks has abated, but it’s clear that demand is probably weakening, as prices are

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Black cattle in a feedlot
Market Analysis

Feedlot supply still strong

The Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and Australian Lot Feeders Association (ALFA) quarterly survey data was released last week, and after a bit of volatility,

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Cattle
Market Comment

Cows crash to Earth

Another week of heavy supply pressure has caused cattle prices across all specifications to buckle again, with signs emerging that the market has had its

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