AUSTRALIAN beef exports in September came off the three-and-a-half year high seen the previous month, but still reached 98,713 tonnes.
Rates of adult cattle slaughter have continued to climb since July, driven mostly by rapidly deteriorating seasonal conditions forcing more cattle to market.
August hit a 44-month record of more than 102,00t, with last month easing 3.6 percent from that high-point.
Illustrating the sizeable turnaround in production this year, September’s export trade was more than 28,000t or 40pc higher than this time last year, when the Australian beef herd rebuilding…
