Slaughter resets 50-year highs as beef production breaks new records
Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the Quarter 2 2026 slaughter and production numbers for red meat and livestock.
Natasha Lobban from APlus News chats with Ripley Atkinson (StoneX), Erin Lukey (Meat & Livestock Australia), and Oliver Hoare (AuctionsPlus) about how the livestock market -both sheep and cattle - performed in 2024 and discuss what's ahead in 2025.
Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the Quarter 2 2026 slaughter and production numbers for red meat and livestock.
In a rare market reversal, heifers outperformed steers on clearance rates in last week's AuctionsPlus commercial auctions, bucking a five-year trend...
Local cattle markets have eased in line with a softening in export markets as the impact of triggering safeguard quotas in China and Korea reduce...