Yarding 6317 Change +3604 Numbers increased at Roma to 6317 head. Cattle were drawn from NSW, also along with consignments from a large number of the usual supply area. All the regular processor feedlotters and backgrounders in attendance with one additional export buyer in the cow market which increased prices. Light weight yearling steer under […]

120th Edition: January 2024 Key points: ●      Indonesian election in February is a major consideration for trade ●      Q1 is Festival period in Asia. Tet/CNY 10 February and Ramadan in March ●      Live Exports remain below 5 year averages     Regional Trends and Overview Dr Michael Patching The first quarter of the year is […]

Monthly cattle shipments to Indonesia reached a 3.5 year high in December as exporters cleared northern floodplains to deliver 58,250 feeder-weight cattle to Indonesian feedlots to feed for the month-long Ramadan religious festivities which commence in early March. The majority of those numbers  – 54,973 – were exported from Darwin with 3267 head shipped from […]

THE Federal must show a genuine commitment to consultation on any new biosecurity levy, grassfed producer body Cattle Australia says. As one of 50 signatories from agricultural producer representative groups to a recent letter sent to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Cattle Australia called for an immediate and urgent reversal of the fundamentally flawed tax on […]