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 Brown gives an update on the season in the south
• We chat about all the updates on deforestation pledges, from supermarket sustainability reports to hides heading to the European Union
• Longreach producer Boyd Webb explains they there is some frustration with the way a locust outbreak has been handled
• Number of the week looks at increasing beef consumption, weight loss in a recent snow storm and upcoming climate reporting

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Previous Week in Beef episodes

• • 21 August – From free lunches in Indonesia to high value beef brands
  • 14 August – Debate over Ekka, cotton in cattle country, submit your number of the week
  • 8 August – Optimism at the Ekka
  • 31 July – Saleyard prices up, Rain in the Riverina, getting more ag in classrooms