QUEENSLAND slaughter cattle markets have paused to catch their breath this week, after a sequence of falls over the past couple of months that have knocked 50-60c/kg off some cattle values.
However in southern states, some direct consignment grids have dropped another 10c/kg over the past seven-day cycle.
Weather may have been a contributing factor in Queensland, with widespread falls of 50-100mm across northern Central and southern Queensland, and well into northeastern NSW in the past week. Those registrations in some cases weren’t as high as forecast by the Bureau last week, but…