THE late-season decline in slaughter cattle prices continued this week, with some processors again pulling offers sharply lower.
With many large export processors now more-or-less committed for remaining kills for 2022, some see this move more as a means of ‘managing expectations’ for the likely slaughter cattle market in the opening stages of 2023.
Several processing companies are already accepting space bookings for kills in January, but none are offering a price with that, for obvious reasons.
The trends being seen in slaughter cattle (see quotes below), are being reflected right…