DIRECT consignment slaughter cattle grids across large parts of the country have continued to decline this week, as producers seek to hedge their bets over the possibility of a Foot & Mouth Disease outbreak.
However the market signals are becoming a little less transparent in some regions, as several large operators are not offering quotes again this week – knowing that they have positions in their rosters covered until well into August.
As often happens in times of uncertainty like this, there is a reasonably wide spread in over-the-hooks offers available over the past week. In…
