Welcome back to the 2023 third series of Beef Central podcasts, the Weekly Grill, with host Kerry Lonergan.

Matt Dalgleish
Today’s season-opening interview is a start-of-year assessment of the cattle and beef markets for 2023 with regular commentators, Stockco’s Chris Howie and Ep3’s Matt Dalgleish.

Chris Howie
The pair discuss the 2023 year and what lies ahead: the dramatic adjustments in slaughter and young cattle prices seen since the start of the year; weather impacts with a forecast return to El Nino by mid-year; the effect of the US drought on demand for Australian beef in…