Cattle market movers in 2019

By Matt Dalgleish
January 21 2019 - 10:30am
Female slaughter ratio: With an annual average female slaughter ratio for 2018 above 50%, the herd liquidation remains well entrenched.
Female slaughter ratio: With an annual average female slaughter ratio for 2018 above 50%, the herd liquidation remains well entrenched.

THE 2018 season saw tough trading conditions for cattle farmers with a drier than average rainfall pattern that saw restocker activity curtailed and prices for store/young cattle ease. In 2019, we will keeping our eye on climate, the US herd and China as key movers of the Australian cattle market.

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