IN another sign of the current challenging conditions in the beef industry, numbers of unwanted fed bulls originally intended for sale as herd bull replacements through stud sales are defaulting into meat markets.
Dalby’s weekly cattle sale this morning included pens of bulls that were listed for sale as herd improvers in a bull sale catalogue only ten days or a fortnight ago. The bulls still carried their catalogue listings numbers on their rumps. Some carried the distinctive “S” brand n their rib, denoting breed classification.
Unwanted herd bulls like this are typically being…
