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New MLA North America region manager has strong brand marketing pedigree | ABSF welcomes five new Steering Group members | Who are some possible contenders for the new Cargill Australia CEO role? | ABRI extension services team expands | New award for agricultural education | ALFA casts net for new GM marketing..Read More

Beef Central, 16/06/2025

News

Big questions yet to be answered on atmospheric methane

The question of why methane concentrations in the atmopshere have increased has not yet been properly answered or satisfactorily explained, according to a recent Animal Frontiers Journal article, with suggestions that changes in what destroys methane the atmosphere could be the key driver…Read More

James Nason, 16/06/2025

News

JBS shares trade strongly in opening day on New York Stock Exchange

Shares in JBS, the world’s largest animal protein producer, surged strongly during their historic first day’s trading on the New York Stock Exchange overnight…Read More

Beef Central, 14/06/2025

News

MLA updates heading to Adelaide this year

Meat & Livestock Australia’s annual updates event is heading to Adelaide this year after heading to Perth last year…Read More

Beef Central, 16/06/2025

Markets

Regional markets wrap: Large sheepmeat kills set to decline through winter

The realisation that the days of heavy flock reduction and large lamb numbers are quickly coming to an end has caught the processing sector off guard and sent sheepmeat prices to record levels through the past month…Read More

Richard Koch, Elders analyst, 16/06/2025

Markets

Breeding cattle prices retract in 14,092 head online offering

AuctionsPlus cattle listings declined 6pc last week to 14,092 head, with clearance edging higher to 72pc. The steer market showed some encouraging signs, particularly in the mediumweight categories, while heavy feeder weights lost considerable ground. Apart from a couple of lightly represented categories, the rest of the breeding female categories fell substantially in price…Read More

Beef Central, 15/06/2025

Lotfeeding

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease on southern break

The much-anticipated arrival of rain in SA and Vic over the weekend has seen prices soften and the southern new-crop market kick into gear…Read More

Liz Wells, 16/06/2025

Markets

Wagga sale 16 June: 5085 head yarded

There have been some standout pens featuring well-finished cattle, with some off crop or grain assisted…Read More

Leann Dax, 16/06/2025

News

Kay’s Cuts: US beef demand pressure mounting

Beef Central, 13/06/2025

News

Industry digs deep to raise $255,000 for bush charity, Dolly’s Dream + PICTURES

Jon Condon, 13/06/2025

Live Export

SE Asia Report: Indonesia’s next permit move front of mind for exporters

Dr Michael Patching, 13/06/2025

News

NSW Govt pledges $140m for biosecurity and innovation

Beef Central, 13/06/2025

The Weekly Grill

S5 Ep18: Ross Ainsworth on live exports, NT’s escalating buffalo issues

Beef Central, 13/06/2025

Recruitment

Recruitment: Don’t overlook ‘Baby Boomers’ to boost your workforce

Beef Central, 13/06/2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

Today

35.75

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6487

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

17 Jun 2025 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

Today

35.75

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6487

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

17 Jun 2025 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

Beef Kill

Eastern States, weekly

Last Week

152530

Source: MLA's NLRS

EYCI

Eastern Young Cattle Indicator, c/kg

Today

707

Source: MLA's NLRS

90CL Cow

Imported 90CL cow beef price. Landed US, Ac/kg CIF

Today

1048.5

Source: Steiner Consulting, MLA

Live Export

Live export feeder steer prices ex Darwin (c/kg liveweight)

Today

340

Source: Trade contacts

SOI

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

3.62

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Feeder Steer

NLRS-reported yards (feedlot buyers only); 0-600kg, 0-2T, c/kg LW

Today

384.1

Source: Feeder Steer

What readers are saying

NHVR fine for carting hay across a road sparks outrage

I'm a truckie that carts hay, we are over regulated by NHVR officers who don't even know there own rules. Been stopped twice for the same offence and got....

Spencer Jones

Division on show as soil carbon method goes under review

Who are the ANU scientists that are calling this out, and what are their credentials. My view is that anything that promotes or helps to increase carbon in the....

Brett Krafft

Could the Brumby ute be making a comeback?

Yes! I reluctantly sold my beloved Brumby many years ago and still miss it to this day. I've been looking for an electric farm runabout for some time but....

Kenrick Riley

Weekly property review: What are the implications of the Govt super tax on property?

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People on the Move: Appointments, retirements, achievements

Beef Central, 16/06/2025

Big questions yet to be answered on atmospheric methane

James Nason, 16/06/2025

JBS shares trade strongly in opening day on New York Stock Exchange

Shares in JBS, the world’s largest animal protein producer, surged strongly during their historic first day’s trading on the New York Stock Exchange overnight…Read More

Beef Central, 14/06/2025

MLA updates heading to Adelaide this year

Meat & Livestock Australia’s annual updates event is heading to Adelaide this year after heading to Perth last year…Read More

Beef Central, 16/06/2025

Markets

Regional markets wrap: Large sheepmeat kills set to decline through winter

Richard Koch, Elders analyst, 16/06/2025

Breeding cattle prices retract in 14,092 head online offering

Beef Central, 15/06/2025

Wagga sale 16 June: 5085 head yarded

There have been some standout pens featuring well-finished cattle, with some off crop or grain assisted…Read More

Leann Dax, 16/06/2025

Dubbo sale 12 June 2025: Numbers lift for a yarding of 3590

It was a mixed yarding with good numbers of young cattle to suit the feeders and processors…Read More

David Monk, 13/06/2025

Tail hair sample the key to predicting urea utilisation performance in cattle

Plucking a single tail hair could allow beef producers to quickly and easily identify the most nitrogen-efficient cattle, according to a recent research project that found measuring nitrogen levels in a tail hair sample could identify cattle with superior nitrogen efficiency and better responses to urea supplementation…Read More

Beef Central, 11/06/2025

FarmFest shows how side-by-sides are shifting gears

At FarmFest 2025 Beef Central and Grain Central went in search of Side-by-Side Vehicles to explore how they have evolved to meet Australian ag’s needs in recent years, and what big developments lie ahead. ..Read More

Lydia Burton, Emma Alsop, Eric Barker and James Nason, 05/06/2025

Bright idea: World-first solar-powered cattle crush at FarmFest

Looking for a hydraulic cattle crush but don’t have power at your yards? A solar-powered crush could be the answer…Read More

James Nason, 05/06/2025

Processing

Weekly kill: Some Qld grids lift as ‘phantom’ numbers appear; rain impacts southern market

Export processors in the southern regions of Queensland have lifted direct consignment slaughter grid offers 10-20c/kg this week, after a period of relative price stability. So-called ‘phantom’ bookings have been a factor, with cattle kill spaces booked at two or more plants meaning slaughter stock failing to materialise..Read More

Jon Condon, 10/06/2025

Weekly kill: Weather, southern competition pressuring cow prices

Growing southern processor competition and smaller yardings following rain have pushed slaughter cow prices sharply higher in eastern states saleyards over the past week, but bookings already held by processors have seen direct consignment cow prices resist the trend – for the timebeing, at least…Read More

Jon Condon, 03/06/2025

Processors wanted for cost-saving knife steriliser trials

Australian red meat processors are being invited to submit expressions of interest to take part in an industry adoption project for a knife steriliser system which has proven to dramatically cut water and energy use…Read More

Beef Central, 28/05/2025

Weekly kill: Growth in grainfed slaughter is a factor in limiting kill access for other cattle

Rain in some parts of southern Australia has impacted rates of slaughter and saleyards numbers over the past week, however there’s been little change in direct consignment grid prices, with plenty of paddock cattle still being presented. ..Read More

Jon Condon, 27/05/2025

Lotfeeding

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease on southern break

The much-anticipated arrival of rain in SA and Vic over the weekend has seen prices soften and the southern new-crop market kick into gear…Read More

Liz Wells, 16/06/2025

Grainfed cattle carbon emissions 56pc lower than previous estimates

THE Federal Government has revised the feedlot industry’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, following the release of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report 2023. In a landmark moment for the..Read More

Beef Central, 12/06/2025

SA feedlot for sale after China live export plans dissolve

A South Australian feedlot previously part-owned by a Singaporean company with a bold, but ultimately unsuccessful vision to live export grainfed cattle to China for slaughter, has been placed on the market…Read More

Lydia Burton, 10/06/2025

Feeder cattle market: Flatback market steady as Angus premium grows

The gap between Angus and flatback feeder steer prices has continued to widen this week, with most grids now showing an 80c premium for Angus cattle…Read More

Eric Barker and Lydia Burton, 09/06/2025

Live Export

SE Asia Report: Indonesia’s next permit move front of mind for exporters

China’s domestic cattle prices improving, but Australian live exports remain well below previous levels | Indonesia’s live cattle imports hesitate momentarily amid import permit uncertainty; positive government signals yet to translate into renewed buying | Vietnam’s weakening currency adds cost pressure on cattle imports as competition from boxed beef continues to weigh on demand…Read More

Dr Michael Patching, 13/06/2025

May live cattle exports to year high

Overall cattle exports totalled 87,080 head, 21 percent above the five-year-average for May…Read More

Beef Central, 11/06/2025

Setback for cattle industry in livex class action

A Federal Court judge has delivered a blow to plaintiffs in the long-running class action over the Gillard Government’s 2011 suspension of cattle exports to Indonesia…Read More

James Nason, 10/06/2025

Indonesia allows live cattle imports from Brazil and NZ: Govt official

Indonesia has broadened its live cattle supply options to include Brazil and New Zealand, a senior Indonesian Government figure has announced…Read More

James Nason, 02/06/2025

Trade

Brazil surges past Australia as largest US imported beef supplier

In another reflection of the rapidly tightening supply of domestic beef in the United States this year, Brazil has for the first time surged past Australia as the largest supplier of imported beef to the US. Should Australia be concerned?..Read More

Jon Condon, 11/06/2025

May beef exports surge to third highest on record

Australia’s beef exports in May surged to their third highest volume level on record, reaching 129,478t. The big question on everybody’s minds in latest trade data is how much impact the recent tariff wars, especially those between the US and China, have had on Australia’s recent export beef performance…Read More

Beef Central, 06/06/2025

OECD’s weaker global economic growth forecast not good news for beef

Global economic prospects are weakening, with substantial barriers to trade, tighter financial conditions, diminishing confidence and heightened policy uncertainty projected to have adverse impacts on growth, according to OECD’s latest Economic Outlook…Read More

Beef Central, 04/06/2025

Australian beef faces triggering of China’s Safeguard tariff in coming months

Vigorous beef export sales into China in recent months has elevated the likelihood of Australia triggering its 2025 Safeguard tariff mechanism for the market, as early as late July or August. Importers anticipating the arrival of the extra tariff is only throwing fuel on the fire…Read More

Jon Condon, 30/05/2025

Genetics

Weekly genetics review: If the ‘bull to bullock ratio’ is any guide, it will be a strong season ahead for spring bull sales

What are the prospects like for the 2025 spring bull selling season that lies ahead? A simple metric of the number of commercial bullocks required to buy a typical bull is providing some encouraging signs, genetics editor Al Rayner writes this week ..Read More

Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 10/06/2025

Have we listed your Spring 2025 bull sale details?

Beef Central is putting the finishing touches on its 2025 Winter/Spring bull sales calendar, featuring seedstock sales fixtures nationwide across all major beef breeds being held from now until the end of November. Do we have your sale details?..Read More

Beef Central, 10/06/2025

A salute to a ‘household name’ in the Australian Wagyu world

There’s only a handful of bulls of any breed that truly transition across into becoming ‘household names’ in the beef industry. Michifuku is one that’s achieved it in the Wagyu industry, with some of his last remaining semen being offered to the markret this week sold this week..Read More

Beef Central, 30/05/2025

Feed efficiency part of breeding the ‘ideal cow’

Matching cows to the environment and production system was the key message from United States animal scientist Professor Dan Shike during a session exploring the topic of “What’s the Ideal Cow?” during the World Angus Expo in Tamworth on the weekend. He identified feed efficiency as a future selection target ..Read More

Brett Tindal, 06/05/2025

Ag Tech

Victoria set to follow other States by legalising virtual fencing

Victoria is set to follow most other Australian states in legalising the use of virtual fencing technology for managing livestock…Read More

Beef Central, 22/05/2025

SA producers still blocked from proven technology as NSW green lights virtual fencing

Livestock SA is calling on the South Australian Government to urgently reform outdated regulations that continue to block livestock producers from using virtual fencing, as New South Wales becomes the latest state to legalise the technology…Read More

Beef Central, 02/05/2025

AgTech success story as Optiweigh delivers 1000th in-paddock weighing unit

One of Australia’s agtech success stories has crossed a significant milestone, with the delivery of the 1000th Optiweigh unit to one of the company’s early adopters…Read More

Eric Barker, 30/01/2025

Scholarship to help keep Luke on the land after life-altering car crash

A North Queensland cattleman who became a quadraplegic after a car crash has received a bursary to become a drone pilot, to assist with work on his family’s cattle property…Read More

Beef Central, 29/01/2025

AgProperty Central

Weekly property review: What are the implications of the Govt super tax on property?

IN this first part of a two-part series, industry experts advise landholders on what course of action to take in the light of Federal Government’s moves to tax unrealised gains in superannuation. If approved, the new Bill will impose an additional 15pc tax on the earnings of superannuation balances above $3m. The Superannuation Fund Association says there are 17,000 super accounts holding farmland, and of those, 3500 have land valued at more than the $3m threshold…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 11/06/2025

Australia’s farmland price boom hits the brakes

After explosive growth that saw national agricultural land values more than double since the pandemic began, Australia’s farmland price boom has hit the brakes, a report by property marketers Ray White Rural suggests…Read More

Beef Central, 09/06/2025

Weekly property review: Recently completed sales

Brett Cattle Co secures Augathella’s Valera Vale | Chinese-owned Qld aggregation splits two ways | Circa $25m+ for landmark northern NSW holding | Miles family pays $15m for Goulburn Valley aggregation | Flinders Ranges lease sells locally | Local expands with Moonie district backgrounding country | NSW Golden Triangle property makes $10m | G&G’s Cashmere West goes under offer..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 04/06/2025