RATES of national beef slaughter have hit four-year highs this month, although weather has continued to challenge logistics in getting cattle to processing plants heading into Easter break.
Last week, ended Friday March 22, saw the national adult cattle slaughter tally soar to 136,503 head. Not since April 2020 – at the tail end of the continental scale drought – has weekly slaughter been so high.
The weekly tally has been surging higher for the past four weeks, although the trend has been difficult to monitor because of lengthy delays in data collection (see comments below).
The past…
