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Cattle, Cattle Breed Breakdowns

How your breed has fared over the downturn

Anyone that follows the cattle market knows that prices have pretty much halved from the peaks seen last year. Analysis of the AuctionsPlus sales data allows an insight into how the price falls have been felt across the highest volume breeds on the platform.

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Chinese demand for beef surpasses Japanese appetite

Total Australian beef exports rose by 6.5% over October 2023 to hit 105,131 tonnes swt.
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September live cattle exports 21% below five-year average

Total live cattle exports lifted nearly 11% during September 2023 to see 60,451 head transported offshore from Australia.
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Cattle, Sheep & Lamb, Resilience in the Bush

WATCH: How to optimise feed with Agrista's John Francis

In good times and bad feed management is the key to optimising production and ensuring financial sustainability. A feed management...
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Chinese demand for beef surpasses Japanese appetite
Back in August 2023, the US wrestled top spot from Japan and now in October, China has pushed them further down the pecking order.
September live cattle exports 21% below five-year average
Over 2023 so far, average live cattle export volumes are running 36% below the five-year seasonal pattern, with a total of 50,351 head being shipped each month on average this year.
WATCH: How to optimise feed with Agrista's John Francis
Feed management is the key to optimising production and ensuring financial sustainability. It can also help overcome decision paralysis in times of drought.
Killing time in the US
The female slaughter ratio for the September quarter highlights that the US remains entrenched in a herd liquidation phase.
Facing the 'dynamic duo': Strategies for falling prices and rising rates
Cattle and sheep farmers are facing price falls and high interest rates. How to manage your farm in the face of rising costs.
The pendulum of profitability has swung to the processor
The profitability of beef processors has hit a record. Find out the factors contributing to this positive trend and the implications for the beef industry.
The premiums are online
Prices for young cattle on AuctionsPlus have been increasingly outperforming the sale yard prices for young cattle across the east coast in recent months.
A mountain of livestock and congested supply chains
RaboResearch senior animal proteins analyst Angus Gidley-Baird believes there is "a slightly brighter light at the end of a slightly shorter tunnel for the cattle industry compared to the sheep industry at the moment".
Gap between US and Australian heavy steers hits extreme levels
The spread between Australian and US equivalent Heavy Steer pricing has widened to the highest level on record.

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