The Week in Beef

In this episode of the Week in Beef:

• Elders announces the $195.8m sale of its Killara Feedlot to a southern meat processor.
• Peter Hughes talks about the big rain that has fallen right across Northern Australia, including his Lake Nash station on the Barkly Tableland.
• Jon Condon talks US beef officially coming back onto Australian shores.
• Environment minister Murray Watt discusses changes to the EPBC.
• The number of the week tal...

In this episode of The Week in Beef:

• A growing number of tick outbreaks in “tick free” areas is frustrating producers and agents alike, who are stepping up their calls for change.
• Welcome rain in dry areas of Queensland shuts Australia’s biggest saleyard.
• Environment minister Murray Watt visits cattle producers in Central Qld to discuss issues with new Federal laws.
• The number of the week launches Beef Central “guess the EYCI”...

In this episode of the Week in Beef:

• Lydia Burton talks about the latest tick outbreak in Queensland, where producers are frustrated a lack of Government response
• Jon Condon looks into the rise of pre-vaccinated cattle entering feedlots.
• The forgotten capacity issue: James Nason explains how a lack of accredited ships is impacting the live export industry
• The number of the week looks at a recent soil carbon credit issuance, th...

As Australia lives up to its reputation of being a land of extremes, the Week in Beef team takes a look at what the extreme weather is doing to the cattle industry.

Victoria is currently on alert for more bushfires, a heatwave has hit New South Wales and Southern Queensland the Gilbert River in North Qld is preparing for a major flood. Plus:

• James Nason talks about how the Indonesian Government’s lowered cap on beef pricing co...

This week’s podcast episode goes from weaner sales in the south, to disease outbreaks in Indonesia and over to the meat judging competitions in the United States.

With good seasons in parts of Victoria, producers appear to be looking to restock with a surprising on heifers. The team from the Week in Beef catches up with:

• Hamilton-based TDC agent Guy Robertson to discuss the trends of the Western Districts weaner sales.
• Beef Ce...

In the first episode of 2026, the Week in Beef takes a deep dive into the natural disasters that are having an impact across the eastern seaboard.

Fires have been wreaking havoc in Victoria, while North West Queensland producers are bracing for more rain after devastating flooding.

In this episode:

• Sheep Central editor Terry Sim gives an update on the bushfires and seasonal conditions in Victoria.
• Beef Central publisher Jon Co...

In its inaugural year of recording, the Week in Beef has decided to take a look back at the trends that defined 2025 and what they mean for the year ahead.

With Beef Central publishers Jon Condon and James Nason, the Week in Beef unpacks the top five trends of 2025 – including:

• The Goldilocks year – at the start of the year Jon Condon said a rare phenomenon called the “Goldilocks year” was shaping – where all ends of the suppl...

Auctineers have continued their busy finish to 2025, with the national yarding figures heading well above the average for the fifth week in a row.

The past two weeks have seen the national yarding go above 100,000 head, something that has only happened three times this year. Numbers are still up this week with the yarding on 77,000 – with some big sales to come.

Also on the Week in Beef:

• Animal activists have scored a win in t...

AS a recent decision to change Federal environmental law creates uncertainty and concern among cattle producers, debate has emerged about how the industry can better advocate for itself.

The news of Labor’s deal with the Greens broke in the middle of the Livexchange conference in Perth – where a recent decision to phase out live sheep exports had many concerned for the future.

In this episode of the Week in Beef:

• Queensland pr...

Auctioneers across the eastern seaboard have been busy this week as saleyards fill up on the back of cattle prices hitting their highest point this year.

GDL principal Peter Daniel joins the Week in Beef podcast to discuss what is driving it and whether the market can hold up under the weight of numbers. Plus:

• Beef Central publisher Jon Condon dissects the changes in the tariff regime from US Donald Trump and talks about what ...

Another large-scale Australian feedlot has hit the market this week, making it the fifth of its kind to go up for sale recent months.

Smithfield Cattle Company today announced it was testing the market with its feedlot at Proston in the South-Burnett region of Queensland.

Smithfield’s announcement follows a similar move from Mort & Co, which has put the Pinegrove and Yarranbrook feedlots on the market, Elders with its Killara f...

The Beef Central team has hit the road this week for some of the beef industry’s premiere get togethers.

Cattle Australia’s Cattle Connect is embedding itself as the national beef industry get together and Roma Young Beef Producers’ Forum continues its popularity in its 21st year. Plus:

• Sports dietician Peta Carige tells us how science is backing a push to have beef in a healthy diet
• Young Beef Producers chair Tom Copley gives...

Feedlot capacity is continuing to surge in Australia, with pen space to support hundreds-of-thousands of cattle either recently come online or currently under construction.

Beef Central has been on the phones trying to find who is behind the current expansions and this episode the Week in Beef will explore some of the learnings from the exercise.

Also on the show:

• Beef Central publisher Jon Condon unpacks the sale of Kimberly ...

More feedlot news has emerged this week, with one of Australia’s largest lotfeeders announcing plans to sell two of its feedlots.

Mort & Co has officially listed Yarranbrook and Pinegrove feedlots, along with the license for its proposed Gogango feedlot in Central Queensland. Beef Central publisher Jon Condon gives an insight into how that listing emerged.

Also, on the Week in Beef:

• Meat & Livestock Australia Wagga Wag...

The Week in Beef team this week look into Australia’s largest ever feedlot transaction, the legacy of the sellers and how it fits in with the buyers.

Japanese-owned Rangers Valley was purchased by Stanbroke last week for what is believed to be $400m. The property has a feedlot, beef brands and extensive farming and grazing country. Plus:

• Meat & Livestock Australia managing director Michael Crowley explains how consumer sur...