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
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
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
There’s been only a few changes in direct consignment slaughter cattle pricing over the past week, following a series of earlier downward corrections. Heavy supply continues to dominate discussions, with most Queensland and some southern export processors now booked well into June, and even into July in some regions…Read More
Jon Condon, 20/05/2025
Ninety two years after the business was established as a cattle producer-owned cooperative, the Northern Cooperative Meat Co near Casino in northern NSW has competed its transition into becoming an unlisted public company…Read More
The 2025 Meat Business Women conference kicks off in Brisbane tomorrow, having been postponed from its early March slot due to flooding in southeast Queensland…Read More
Beef Central, 14/05/2025
As direct consignment slaughter cattle bookings continue to extend under heavy supply, many export processors are now offering space bookings only for slaughter stock, with prices to be negotiated closer to processing date. It makes over-the-hooks pricing a little harder to pin down, as plants extend space bookings into even July in some cases…Read More
Beef Central, 13/05/2025
Both direct consignment and saleyard-sourced slaughter cattle have come under price pressure this week, as meatworks types try to hit the market in heavy numbers. Queensland grid prices have slid another 10-20c/kg on top of earlier falls, as processors fill available slots deep into June and even early July. ..Read More
Jon Condon, 06/05/2025
The beef production heartland area of Central Queensland has become a pinch-point in the slaughter cattle supply-demand equation, with direct consignment bookings starting to mount up significantly heading into May. Some grids in the region are back another 10c this week, while the rest of eastern Australia sees direct consignment rates mostly unchanged..Read More
Jon Condon, 29/04/2025
Australian researchers trialling an electronic tongue – or ‘e-tongue’ – report that instrumental taste measurements successfully detected spoiled vacuum-packed mince…Read More
Sue Webster, 23/04/2025
There are sharp corrections evident in direct consignment slaughter cattle grid prices this week, as stock access improves after earlier wet weather in some regions and the last of the backlog of rain-delayed process cattle is cleared…Read More
Jon Condon, 22/04/2025
Big improvements were noted in lowering Green House Gas emissions, water utilisation, water quality, energy use and waste to landfill in a two-yearly Environmental Performance Review of Australian red meat processing released last week…Read More
Beef Central, 22/04/2025