THINGS have noticeably tightened for cattle producers in recent months, southern Queensland cattle producer Brian Southern commented to Beef Central while leaning against a catwalk railing watching the Dalby cattle sale yesterday.
Mr Southern had dropped off some old cows from his St George district property Breena Plains to the NH Foods abattoir at Oakey in his body truck the previous afternoon, and had stayed on to check the market in Dalby before heading home yesterday morning.
His red sandy buffel country…