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28 October 2019
Global manufacturing beef market dynamics shifting

08 June 2023
The ABSF Annual Update is a yearly scorecard and snapshot of the sustainability performance of the industry, reporting on a number of priority issues to monitor progress against recognised standards and metrics. This year, in its sixth edition, it has increased the number of indicators to 54, spanning the four foundational themes of: best animal care; environmental stewardship; economic resilience; and people and the community.

27 October 2016
Recent media reports have suggested Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) stated retail beef prices are set to soar over the next two years. Unfortunately, these headlines were not accurate and may have provided producers and consumers with an incorrect picture.

04 March 2021
Western Queensland beef producers Dan and Karen Penfold, along with their daughters, Bonnie, Molly, Jemima and Matilda, established the appropriately named ‘Four Daughters’ in 2019.

18 August 2023
Yardings held firm this week at 51,712 head, 0.5% below last week. NSW yardings were 2,048 lower than the week before at 23,097, while yardings in Queensland rose by 1,464 to 19,137 head and yardings in Victoria, SA, WA and Tasmania were relatively flat.

08 September 2023
Cattle yardings were their lowest in nine weeks this week, tightening by 11,108 to 38,150 head. Yardings in NSW and Victoria eased marginally due to fortnightly sales not running this week, while yardings in Queensland tightened by 10,778 head. Numbers in Queensland eased in every sale, with sales an average of 29% smaller than the week before.

29 August 2019
Demand from China has been critical in supporting the value of Australian beef and sheepmeat, especially during recent drought-induced elevated turnoff, but the dominance of a single market poses risks as well as opportunities.

16 May 2019
US herd slowdown good news for cattle prices.

01 September 2023
Consistent with trends over the past few months, the cattle market generally eased this week. Cattle yardings totaled 43,493 head, just 12 head more than last week. Most sales numbers increased or fell very slightly, except for Dalby, where yardings fell by 2,381 to 4,763 head.

04 July 2019
The Eastern States Trade Lamb indicator hit 900c/kg cwt for the first time last week and achieved the same benchmark again on Tuesday.