Forward pricing on grainfed slaughter cattle for late October delivery has hit equal-record levels, pushing Beef Central’s latest 100-day grained trading budget result calculated on Thursday much closer to breakeven…Read More
New research by Charles Sturt University (Charles Sturt) has scotched fears that pre-feedlot vaccination of steers is costing beef producers money because of weight loss in the weeks following the jab…Read More
Beef Central, July 15, 2019
Bearish factors including the recent tumble in US grain futures’ values have overpowered the chronic deficit of local grain in Queensland and New South Wales to see values ease by $10 per tonne in this week’s feedgrain market…Read More
Liz Wells, July 8, 2019
Registrations are open for the grainfed beef industry’s premier technical event, SMARTBEEF 2019, being held this year over two jam-packed days from 2-4 October at Dalby Events Centre on Queensland’s Darling Downs. The program features a range of speakers, demonstrations and social events, designed to appeal to participants across the beef supply chain…Read More
Beef Central, July 5, 2019
Two large lines of cattle passing through feedlot programs recently have exposed the extreme weightgain performance differences being seen among cattle heading into exactly the same 100-day grainfed market segment…Read More
Jon Condon, June 28, 2019
Consolidating prospects for the Central Queensland crop have allowed its wheat to price into the southern Queensland market as a curtain-raiser for new crop…Read More
Liz Wells and Henry Wells, June 28, 2019
Access to roughages is becoming a major headache for eastern Australia’s feedlot industry as the prolonged drought wears on – and unless seasonal conditions turn around, could at some point limit the number of cattle that can be fed, some stakeholders believe…Read More
Jon Condon, June 24, 2019
NEW-CROP wheat and barley from Western Australia has started to trade into Brisbane to reflect the reality of the poor winter-crop outlook for most of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales…Read More
Henry and Liz Wells, June 21, 2019
A moderate lift in finished slaughter cattle value and easier feeder cattle prices have had positive impact on Beef Central’s latest 100-day grainfed trading budget projection calculated on Friday…Read More
Jon Condon, June 17, 2019
Much-needed rain from WA to southern NSW has seen wheat and barley values in southern markets ease, but prices in the northern markets have been steady to higher as prospects for late planting get slimmer by the day…Read More
Liz and Henry Wells, June 14, 2019
An all-female team of scientists at the University of Sydney has been awarded a $1 million grant develop a novel vaccine to combat Bovine Respiratory Disease – the most common cause of illness and death in feedlot cattle…Read More
Beef Central, June 11, 2019
Consolidating prospects in south eastern Australia, forecast rain in WA and fading hopes in north west NSW befuddled markets, pushing feedgrain prices in various directions this past week…Read More
Henry Wells, June 10, 2019