THERE’S been some big adjustments in direct consignment slaughter grid prices over the past week to ten days, as encroaching very dry conditions in many grazing areas push more cattle to market earlier than normal.
A number of processors’ grids in Queensland have slipped 10c/kg this week, while others are today ‘considering their positions,’ they told Beef Central this morning.
In southern states, many grids have slipped 20-30c over the ten days, in a series of instalments.
Dry weather and rapidly diminishing feed reserves across large parts of eastern Australia – and little to…
