date:Mar 21, 2014
Cattle supplies at export meat plants have surged in the past two weeks up 25 per cent and 17 per cent over the period. For the week ending 15th of March the kill stood at around 32,954 head, which was over 6,700 head higher than the equivalent week in 2013.
Cumulative supplies for the year are running around 28,000 head or nine per cent higher than the figures for the corresponding period last year.
This is largely being driven by an eight per cent rise in supply of steers on the same period