The Week in Beef

Feeder cattle prices have continued their momentum this week, with the Darling Downs flatback feeder steer price reducing the 100c premium for Angus steers.

In this episode of The Week in Beef, we discuss how grids have risen this week, what that means for feedlot margins and why the numbers are lining up for lighter cattle to enter the feedlot.

Plus:

• What will it take to get more Australian superannuation funds to invest in a...

YOUNG cattle prices are continuing to rise at the saleyards, with the benchmark Eastern Young Cattle Indicator crossing 900c/kg for the first time since 2022.

In this week’s episode of the Week in Beef, we look at how the situation has changed from a mass sell-off of cattle from Victoria and South Australia at the start of the year to producers getting back in the market and pushing prices up.

• Ray White Albury director James B...

From plans to give every school student in Indonesia a free lunch, to a proliferation of high marbling beef brands, this episode of the Week in Beef shows the diversity of markets the Australian beef industry services.

The Australian live export industry is still trying to navigate the agenda of the new Indonesian Government, who has done away with beef quota and given plenty of signals that Australian cattle will be needed. On tod...

From cattle in Brisbane to cotton in some of the most remote parts of Australia, this week’s episode of the Week in Beef is covering issues from across the country.

Debate has erupted about how much of Queensland’s Ekka cattle show should be put in front the crowds, with concerns raised about the show starting after the cattle have gone. Plus:

• AAM managing director Garry Edwards talks about his plans for cropping in the north ...

AS the beef industry descends on the Queensland capital this week, there was a sense of optimism among the crowd with a feeling that industry was going through one of those rare times where most ends of the supply chain were making money.

The Week in Beef podcast was there to capture the action on Ekka Beef week, including:

• Rabobank analyst Angus Gidley-Baird on where the current rising market might be heading next
• The winners...

While a decision to loosen restrictions on United States beef imports has dominated headlines, this week’s episode of the Week in Beef delves further into some of the other issues impacting the beef industry.

Saleyard prices have reached their highest point in three years and processors are prioritising quantity over quality as they try to service the growing demand for ground beef in the US. And:

• Wagga Wagga-based saleyards r...

From climbing cattle prices, to billion-dollar assets hitting the market and the Australian allowing beef imports from the United States, this week's episode of the Week in Beef wraps up the news of the past week.

Hosted by Lydia Burton and Eric Barker, The Week in Beef is Beef Central’s newest podcast, giving readers a quick roundup of what is making news on a weekly basis. Including:

• Alarming statistics as Farm Safety Week p...

AS cattle prices continue to hold under a wave of increased supply from Queensland, this week’s podcast delves into what may be the trajectory of those prices in the coming months.

Hosted by Lydia Burton and Eric Barker, The Week in Beef is Beef Central’s newest podcast, giving readers a quick roundup of what is making news on a weekly basis. Incuding:

• A catch up with StoneX Australian livestock manager Ripley Atkinson who say...

This is the first episode of Beef Central newest podcast The Week in Beef, where journalists Lydia Burton and Eric Barker give you a quick and easy rundown of some of the Australian beef industry's biggest stories. This week, they disect the record beef exports that have been driving a big shift of cattle from the north of the country to meat processors in Victoria. They look at a review of the compulsory $5 cattle transaction levy...