Beef processor margins in the red

By Matt Dalgleish
Updated December 14 2018 - 8:48am, first published December 13 2018 - 1:30pm
FIGURE 1: Processor margin (seasonal). The Mecardo processor cut out model has the annual average margin for 2018 at a healthy $90 profit per head, despite the narrowing margins since the middle of the year.
FIGURE 1: Processor margin (seasonal). The Mecardo processor cut out model has the annual average margin for 2018 at a healthy $90 profit per head, despite the narrowing margins since the middle of the year.

PROCESSOR margins have slipped back into negative territory for the first time this season.

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