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‘Total cattle throughput in Department-approved facilities is expected to reach 1.7 million head by the end of 2025, a reduction of 100,000 or 6pc from 2024 levels.’ Photo: John Kelly
Once September arrives the factories tend to get serious about pulling beef prices: quotes for bullocks and heifers are now 30c/kg below where they were three weeks ago.
And this despite the latest Department data showing that for the week ending September 7, the kill of 27,539 was 9,990 down on the same week last year.