Cattle herd heading towards 23 year low in 2019

By Angus Brown
February 5 2019 - 8:00am
FIGURE 1: The last update of 2018 had the 2019 herd at 27.95 million head, having seen some growth. However, the latest forecast herd figure is down 6.7pc as females have kept coming for slaughter and dry weather is hampering marking rates.
FIGURE 1: The last update of 2018 had the 2019 herd at 27.95 million head, having seen some growth. However, the latest forecast herd figure is down 6.7pc as females have kept coming for slaughter and dry weather is hampering marking rates.

MEAT and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) cattle industry projections for 2019 were released and there were few surprises.

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