HOT, dry weather across most parts of eastern Australia has sparked a flush of slaughter cattle this past week, putting further pressure on already deteriorating direct consignment grid price offers.
In sharp contrast with Queensland’s Gulf, and the NT’s Barkly and VRD regions which have received a drenching 150-250mm in the past seven days, there’s been little rain across the eastern states for the past month. Even many coastal areas have had only 25mm or less since the start of February.
It’s sparked a sudden surge in offload activity.
In Queensland, some processors are now…
