With the commercial cattle sales finished for the year, the results of AuctionsPlus’ commercial cattle offerings have been tallied for Q4. We look at how regions have been buying and selling during the second half of 2023. 

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Aggregating several years of detailed transaction data through the AuctionsPlus platform, the AuctionsPlus Breed Hoofprint report ...
AuctionsPlus has recorded its largest commercial offering of the year, with 23,775 cattle listed for Friday’s sales.
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) have begun reporting daily price information on online young cattle sales with reference to t...
An insight into the location of commercial cattle breeds listed on AuctionsPlus in the first three quarters of 2024.
AuctionsPlus has recorded its largest commercial offering of the year, with 23,775 cattle listed for Friday’s sales.
A comparison of the price spread in cents per kilogram cwt has shown the OYCI attracted as much as a 20% premium over the EYCI this year.
Animal protein production growth will slow as margins remain tight in 2024. Producers and processors will need to adapt, according to Rabobank’s Global Animal Protein Outlook.
Feeder steers showed a slight premium in the months of August, September and October before reversing in November. The premium was last seen in 2019.
At the Young Beef Producers Forum, the next generation of farmers showed how keen they were to embrace new tools and ‘take the reins’ of the industry.
Rabobank believes cattle prices have now found a floor and levelled out, and expect slaughter numbers to increase in the first quarter of 2024. 
Following the most recent quarterly measure, the market is just 0.3% away from signalling a herd liquidation phase has begun.
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