RATES of national adult cattle slaughter hit a 39-month high last week, reaching 127,377 head.
Not since May 2020, at the tail end of the 2019-20 drought, has Australia’s weekly cattle slaughter been this high.
National Livestock Reporting Service data released this morning shows that last week’s national tally (week 36) was 34,700 head or 37 percent higher than the same week last year, and 26pc higher than the same week in 2021. Refer to Beef Central’s home page “Industry Dashboard” graphs.
The weekly NLRS report does not account for an estimated 12-15pc of kill activity…
