THERE was a clear impact from rain in rates of beef processing activity across eastern Australia last week.
The National Livestock Reporting Service slaughter report issued this morning for the week ended 9 July showed a seven-day kill of 117,548 head, down five percent from the week before.
The two weeks prior to last were the two largest processing weeks for the 2023 season, close to 124,000 head. There has been as steady rise in national slaughter since the last of the public holiday affected weeks (week 18 in early May). Weekly slaughter during the period since then is now the largest…
