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More cattle on feed, but turnover rates keep falling

Annual average numbers of cattle on feed in Australia have grown from around 623,000 head in the early 2000s to record levels of 1.41 million head as at the end of 2024. Over the same time frame grain fed slaughter numbers has increased from 1.9 million head to 3.1 million head per annum.

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