LivestockBeef Central's October South-East Asia report finds Australian feeder cattle priced close to slaughter cattle in Indonesia and Vietnam, exports for January to September down 23.5 per cent, and herds shrinking in Bali, Vietnam and China.
LivestockAHDB expects beef output of 904,000 tonnes in 2026 and 896,000 in 2027, with prices above the five-year average, while muted demand, imports and bluetongue are the risks.
LivestockAustralia shipped 46,765 live cattle in September, down from 71,711 in August, but Darwin feeder steers still fetch about 450c/kg as Indonesian feedlots prepare to fill pens for Ramadan in February 2027.
LivestockA University of Saskatchewan study of 1,164 feeder calf lots sold online in Western Canada in 2025 found premiums for tight weight ranges, larger lots and documented vaccinations.
LivestockTracking 41 grocery stores since the tariff-rate quota was expanded, the American Farm Bureau Federation found ground beef down just 16 cents a pound while cattle prices fell, and urged President Trump to reverse course.
LivestockCattleFax analyst Holden Ramey says the highs are in after fall-delivered calves lost more than $400 a head, with drought, feed costs and packing capacity keeping herd expansion gradual.
Seven of ten young-cattle weight categories lost value in AuctionsPlus online trading on Friday, heifers most of all, while listings rose 6 per cent to 18,616 head and clearance fell 34 percentage points to 54 per cent.
Factory cattle supplies in Ireland slipped to just over 32,500 head in the week ending 13 September, still 12.6 per cent above the same week last year, while heifers stayed at €6.50-6.55/kg and steers at €6.40/kg on the grid.
USDA's Cattle on Feed report put inventory at 11.163 million head on 1 September; August placements of 1.617 million and marketings of 1.519 million were both the lowest for the month since records began in 1996, as feeders hold cattle longer to offset a shrunken herd.
The packers tell the Eighth Circuit that the Minnesota district court shifted the burden of proof and relied on an expert regression run on feedlots rather than the producers who make up the class certified in July in the price-fixing litigation that began in 2019.
More than 500 head met an 'outstanding trade' at the Co. Wicklow mart, with heifers mostly at €4.50-5.50/kg and the best near €8/kg, and five exporters bidding on bulls that cleared fully at up to €6.92/kg.
AgribusinessThree days before Eid-ul-Adha 2026, on 25 May, Dhaka's cattle markets had plenty of animals but little trade, as buyers told Jagonews24 that traders were asking far more than last year for cattle of the same size.
