Week 24 of Australia’s 2022 beef processing season, and the national 100,000 head weekly slaughter milestone remains stubbornly out of reach for the beef industry.
The week ended Friday produced a national kill of 96,772 head, much the same as the week before, but still a fair way from kills seen last year, and a mile distant from the 130,000+ weekly kills being recorded in May 2020.
Queensland’s kill last week remained below 50,000 head, as it has all year so far. The state’s seven-day total of 49,313 head was down 1.2pc on the previous week.
NSW numbers lifted 2pc on the previous…
