Where to from here for red hot cattle market?

Shan Goodwin
Updated October 28 2020 - 9:53am, first published October 26 2020 - 4:00pm
GAP WIDENS: Australian cattle prices are at a big premium to the US, and increasingly detached from global cattle market fundamentals. Source: NAB.
GAP WIDENS: Australian cattle prices are at a big premium to the US, and increasingly detached from global cattle market fundamentals. Source: NAB.

LA Nina's paddocks of oozing feed will keep restocker demand for young cattle at its current supercharged level well into next year but how long that keeps the market in record territory will come down to two things.

Shan Goodwin

Shan Goodwin

National Agriculture Writer - Beef

Shan Goodwin steers ACM’s national coverage of the beef industry. Shan has worked as a journalist for 30 years, the majority of that with agricultural publications. She spent many years as The Land’s North Coast reporter and has visited beef properties and stations throughout the country and overseas. She treats all breeds equally. Contact 0427686187. E: s.goodwin@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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