Rising construction costs have delayed Australia’s second largest lotfeeder’s plans to build a world class new feedlot in Central Queensland…Read More
Lydia Burton, 01/07/2025
Australian feedlots have prided themselves for decades on providing a vital drought mitigation tool during tough seasons, but they now operate permanently near capacity. What happens the next time seasons turn? Lotfeeders have been working on this topic behind the scenes. ..Read More
Amid ongoing drought-feeding demand, bright prospects for the northern crop and cautious optimism for the south, prices are largely unchanged this week…Read More
Liz Wells, 30/06/2025
Two speeds have emerged in Australia’s feeder cattle market, with prices increasing in the south pushing some lotfeeders towards lighter cattle to fill pens and a steady flow of cattle contiuing in the north…Read More
Eric Barker and Lydia Burton, 23/06/2025
The first of a series of grainfed beef showcases held at a top Brisbane restaurant last week underlined the momentum in grainfed beef production and export that’s happened in recent times. Here’s what people at the event had to say ..Read More
Jon Condon, 23/06/2025
A rally in offshore wheat prices has spread to local values and boosted traded volumes amid cautious optimism about south-eastern Australia’s season…Read More
Liz Wells, 22/06/2025
Typical flatback feeder steers entering a shortfed program this week and closing in early October would deliver a small $10 loss, Beef Central’s latest 100-day grainfed trading budget calculation suggests…Read More
Jon Condon, 19/06/2025
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
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
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
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
Prices have moved little ahead of the much-anticipated opening rain for SA and Vic, and with the stronger dollar limiting interest in new export business…Read More
Liz Wells, 09/06/2025