
In today’s episode of The Weekly Grill, host Kerry Lonergan chats with regular market experts Chris Howie and Matthew Dalgleish about how current weather patterns — including an emerging El Niño — are affecting feed, regional conditions and livestock supply and demand across Australia.
The trio review cattle and sheep herd numbers, slaughter trends, meatworks capacity, rising lamb prices, the growth of sheep feedlots, MSA grading and EID technology, and discuss short-term buying strategies… and more.

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Previous series and episodes:
Series 5:
- Aussie butchers heading to Paris for World Butchers’ Challenge
- US Tariff scenarios with Simon Quilty, plus MLA’s red meat projections with Stephen Bignell
- Steve Kay – US cattle markets, tariff impacts… and more
- All roads lead to Brisbane for Angus World Congress, with Scott Wright
- Consumer behaviour researcher, Howard Parry-Husbands
- Red Meat Advisory Council Chair, John McKillop
- Regular cattle market update, with Matt Dalgleish and Chris Howie

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