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Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025

No 1: Martins Stock Haulage

With a prime mover and trailer fleet capable of moving more than 12,000 head of cattle in a single lift, Martins Stock Haulage is a logistical livestock carrying force across Australia’s outback and arterial roads…Read More

James Nason, 17/04/2025

Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025

No 2: Road Trains of Australia

The story of Road Trains of Australia is in many ways the story of how the pastoral potential of the modern northern Australian cattle industry was unlocked…Read More

James Nason, 17/04/2025

Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025

Martins Stock Haulage acquires Camrandale Transport

Martins Stock Haulage has completed a successful takeover of Camrandale Transport at Quilpie, a significant family-built livestock transporting company in South West Queensland, Beef Central can confirm today…Read More

James Nason, 17/04/2025

Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025

“Icons of the road” preserving history of Australia’s livestock transport industry

From a Gulf trucking pioneer, to a “mechanised swaggy” from the Riverina – the icons of the road award has been aiming to preserve the rich history of Australia’s livestock transport industry…Read More

Eric Barker, 17/04/2025

Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025

How livestock trailers have evolved in the past decade

Livestock trailer design has come a long way since the flat decks and detachable wooden stock crates of early Australian cattle and sheep trucks. Beef Central looks at some of the innovations and people shaping modern livestock trailers today…Read More

Beef Central, 17/04/2025

News

Opinion: Trump in high stakes poker game with other people’s money

Elders Business Intelligence Analyst Richard Koch takes a look at Trump’s next 90 days, which he says will be crucial in the high-stakes poker game the US president is playing…. ..Read More

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Elders Business Intelligence Analyst Richard Koch, 17/04/2025

Sponsored Content

Wagyu Feeder Check Generation II debuts at WagyuEdge’25

Beef producers will now have access to the most comprehensive form of genetic predictions for Wagyu cross cattle in the supply chain as Generation II of Wagyu Feeder Check is introduced…Read More

Sponsored Content, 16/04/2025

Recruitment

Recruitment: Riding the storm – tackling job insecurity in uncertain economic times

With global headlines dominated by rising inflation, geopolitical tensions and supply chain disruptions, it is no wonder many Australians are feeling uneasy about their job security. Economic uncertainty has a ripple effect, and it often hits workers hardest — particularly those in industries closely tied to global markets such as the ag sector…Read More

Beef Central, 17/04/2025

Markets

Dalby sale 16 Apr 2025: Short weeks reduce numbers
Beef Central, 17/04/2025

Property

Weekly property review: Tariffs, currency, dramatic seasonal swings – what’s the likely impact on the property market?
Property editor Linda Rowley, 16/04/2025

Production

Big oats planting expected this year as season turns around
Eric Barker, 16/04/2025

News

Gateway Wagyu cattle and property assets sell to established industry players
Jon Condon, 16/04/2025

Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025

No 3: Curley Cattle Transport
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Eric Barker, 16/04/2025

Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025

New taskforce sets a path for the future of livestock transport
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Beef Central, 16/04/2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

Today

34.30
Source: Jarden

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Updated 7am daily

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0.6367
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ASX Market Index

18 Apr 2025 (updated 10am daily)
Company Price Trending
Elders $8.96
Australian Agricultural Co $1.52
Graincorp $7.29
Ridley $2.12
Woolworths $36.64
Wellard $0.06
Source: ASX

Beef Kill

Eastern States, weekly

Last Week

143887
Source: MLA's NLRS

EYCI

Eastern Young Cattle Indicator, c/kg

Today

701.2
Source: MLA's NLRS

90CL Cow

Imported 90CL cow beef price. Landed US, Ac/kg CIF

Today

1093
Source: Steiner Consulting, MLA

Live Export

Live export feeder steer prices ex Darwin (c/kg liveweight)

Today

360
Source: Trade contacts

SOI

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

8.77
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Feeder Steer

NLRS-reported yards (feedlot buyers only); 0-600kg, 0-2T, c/kg LW

Today

384.9
Source: Feeder Steer

What readers are saying

Weekly genetics review: Don’t discount the importance of being seen

Agreed, particularly important re public perception, as I have often stated in judging Best Maintained teams “the public walking through the sheds and watching judging see this as the....

Craig Turner
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No 4: Frasers Livestock Transport

I can remember meeting Charlie at the Warwick cattle sales, in 1967 I was about 12 years old. My father was a butcher and always used Frasers to transport....

Rod Anderson
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Weekly genetics review: Don’t discount the importance of being seen

Great article Al. I think one of the most under rated platforms these shows also provide is the opportunity for young people to develop confidence in assessing livestock, articulating....

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No. 5: O’Sullivan’s Livestock Transport

Great Aussie business built by a man with a vision and a great offsider in Cookie....

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News

Opinion: Trump in high stakes poker game with other people’s money

Elders Business Intelligence Analyst Richard Koch takes a look at Trump’s next 90 days, which he says will be crucial in the high-stakes poker game the US president is playing…. ..Read More

Elders Business Intelligence Analyst Richard Koch, 17/04/2025

Recruitment: Riding the storm – tackling job insecurity in uncertain economic times

With global headlines dominated by rising inflation, geopolitical tensions and supply chain disruptions, it is no wonder many Australians are feeling uneasy about their job security. Economic uncertainty has a ripple effect, and it often hits workers hardest — particularly those in industries closely tied to global markets such as the ag sector…Read More

Beef Central, 17/04/2025

Gateway Wagyu cattle and property assets sell to established industry players

The first stage of the Erasmus family’s Gateway Wagyu enterprise dispersal has been completed, with three mid-North Coast grazing properties sold for a combined $19.7 million, and a large portion of the enormous Wagyu Fullblood and Poll Wagyu herds dispersed to new owners…Read More

Jon Condon, 16/04/2025

Coalition pledges to stop fake meat products fooling consumers

THE Coalition would spend $1.5 million to help stop Australian families being tricked into buying fake meat products that are actually plant-based, if it achieves a win in the Federal..Read More

Beef Central, 16/04/2025

Markets

Dalby sale 16 Apr 2025: Short weeks reduce numbers

The restrictions on stock movements from the far west of the state is still evident however 360 head from New South Wales were included in the lineup…Read More

Beef Central, 17/04/2025

Roma sale 15 April 2025: Significantly larger offering

All regular processors, feedlotters, and backgrounders, were in attendance and actively bidding on a quality yarding that featured early weaners and heavy feeders…Read More

Beef Central, 16/04/2025

Wagga sale 14 Apr 2025: Record yarding hits 7810 head, as lack of rain impacts

Wagga sale yesterday produced an all-time record yarding of 7810 head, up 9pc on an already-large offering of 7155 the week before. The milestone was driven largely by the absence of rain on the horizon and the upcoming Easter and Anzac holidays…Read More

Leann Dax, 15/04/2025

Feeder cattle market: Grids up 10c/kg as rain changes outlook

Feeder cattle prices have increased in the past fortnight as numbers start to come back to the market after a quiet run of weeks…Read More

Eric Barker, 14/04/2025

Sponsored Content

Wagyu Feeder Check Generation II debuts at WagyuEdge’25

Beef producers will now have access to the most comprehensive form of genetic predictions for Wagyu cross cattle in the supply chain as Generation II of Wagyu Feeder Check is introduced…Read More

Sponsored Content, 16/04/2025

Chill factor: How Vytelle’s frozen IVF technology is transforming Wagyu genetics

Fresh embryo transfer has long been the gold standard in advanced cattle breeding. But as genetics become more valuable and logistics more complex, precision livestock company Vytelle is taking an innovative approach to freezing embryos– and as three Wagyu producers share – it’s changing the game. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, 07/04/2025

New dry probiotic a game-changer for Aussie feedlots

With a minimum of 13 billion live probiotic bacteria per gram, Terragen’s new Probiotic for Ruminants is set to revolutionise how Australian lotfeeders support the gastrointestinal health of their herd. Available across leading rural retailers from today (31 March), Terragen’s Probiotic for Ruminants is scientifically proven to enhance herd productivity by optimising feed digestion and amplifying the benefits of pre-existing good bacteria…Read More

Sponsored Content, 31/03/2025

Zolvix Plus now registered for use in cattle

  LEADING animal health company, Elanco has announced that Zolvix Plus – a leading broad spectrum drench used in the sheep industry – is now registered for use in beef..Read More

Sponsored Content, 24/03/2025

Production

Big oats planting expected this year as season turns around

A big oats crop is expected across Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales this year, as a series of late summer storms in the past month turn around the season for many…Read More

Eric Barker, 16/04/2025

NT study pinpoints cottonseed supplementary feeding ‘sweet-spot’

A desktop study into gross margins has indicated breakeven targets for supplementary feeding cottonseed to weaners and heifers in the Northern Territory…Read More

Sue Webster, 15/04/2025

April beef producer intentions survey will shed light on flood, weather impact

  RECENT weather impacts will form an important part of intelligence gathered as part of Meat & Livestock Australia’s next Grassfed Beef Producer Intentions Survey. Producers can now participate in..Read More

Beef Central, 11/04/2025

Research grant will help progress cattle disease vaccines

Research into the development of combination vaccines tackling commercially significant venereal diseases in cattle will get a boost through research grants announced this week…Read More

Beef Central, 20/03/2025

Processing

Vietnam becomes hot-spot for offshore red meat processing investment

Vietnam is rapidly becoming a hot-spot for offshore investment in meat processing infrastructure, with Brazilian meat giant JBS the latest to join the trend…Read More

Beef Central, 09/04/2025

Weekly kill: Wet weather money flows, as northern processors struggle to maintain supply

It’s no surprise that last week’s drenching across large parts of QLD and NSW has delivered monumental logistical headaches for processors this week. Cancellations of slaughter cattle have been common since Friday, as roads become impassable, rail services cancelled and paddocks too wet to muster. Several Central and North QLD plants are already scheduling lost days this week due to logistical problems…Read More

Jon Condon, 01/04/2025

Weekly kill: Big rain prospects and tariffs driving slaughter cattle market

Two big ‘known unknowns’ are driving the eastern Australian slaughter markets this week. The first is the massive monsoonal trough weather system that’s threatening to dump 100-150mm and more across large parts of Qld, NSW and the NT over the next week. The second is more sinister – the threat of punitive tariffs on beef exports to the US, starting next Thursday…Read More

Jon Condon, 25/03/2025

Research suggests frozen carcase meat can be stored longer at higher temperatures

Frozen meat cuts can be stored longer at warmer temperatures than commonly practiced without negative effects, according to NSW meat research…Read More

Beef Central, 21/03/2025

Lotfeeding

Feedgrain Focus: Weak dollar lifts values

The weaker A$ has lifted northern markets and southern wheat by up to $10/t in the past week, with sorghum the volume mover to supply buoyant Chinese demand…Read More

Liz Wells, 14/04/2025

Beef still rules the roost in grain use by sector

A broad-brush look at grain use in Australia’s major animal-production sectors still has lotfeeders on top for volume, and pork looking likely to overtake dairy in coming years…Read More

Liz Wells, 08/04/2025

Feedgrain Focus: Market ingests wet north, dry south

Soaking rain in the northern region has set it up for a strong and early start to winter cropping, while in the south, dry sowing is under way as growers wait for general rain to appear on the forecast…Read More

Liz Wells, 07/04/2025

Wagyu big influence, as average days on feed blows out to 164 days

THE Wagyu sector is exerting a big influence on average days on feed for cattle in Australian feedlots, which last year and the year before hit record highs. Annual average..Read More

Matt Dalgleish, Ep3, 01/04/2025

Live Export

SE Asia Report: Beef in high demand as Indonesia navigates supply woes during ramadan

Eid al-Fitr drives beef demand in Indonesia amid slow beef import progress and rising prices | Indonesia government is unlikely to realise it’s 200,000 head dairy cattle import goal | Philippines is set to approve commercial access to Vietnam’s African Swine Fever vaccine.
..Read More

Dr Michael Patching, 07/04/2025

Livex ban compensation hearings set for mid-April

It’s a topic many in the northern cattle industry say they are sick and tired of talking about but one that they will never give up on pursuing…Read More

James Nason, 31/03/2025

SE Asia Report: Ramadan underway in Indonesia amid supply challenges

Import quotas remain uncertain as demand surges | Pakistan emerges as a new buffalo meat supplier in Indonesia, adding competition to Australia’s cattle exports | Vietnam Government restructures.
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Dr Michael Patching, 10/03/2025

Live cattle export volumes forecast to hit five-year high

In its annual agricultural commodity update released at this week’s Outlook conference in Canberra, ABARES has predicted cattle exports to increase by 23 percent year-on-year in 2024-25 to 817,000 head…Read More

Beef Central, 05/03/2025

Trade

ACCC clears path for Woolworths to acquire B&J value-added business

Regulatory watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not stand in the way of a proposed takevover by national supermarket retailer Woolworths of large value-added foods business Beak & Johnston Holdings…Read More

Beef Central, 10/04/2025

Australia’s March beef exports hit 112,000t; first quarter tonnage amongst the highest on record

Despite some serious logistical challenges caused by Cyclone Alfred, Australian beef exports held up remarkably well during March. Total export shipments to all markets last month reached 112,423t, only 5000t less than February, and 6000t higher than March last year.   ..Read More

Jon Condon, 07/04/2025

Australia finishes with bronze in World Butchers’ Challenge competition

Australia’s team of six crack tradesmen finished third in the biennial World Butchers Challenge event staged in Paris overnight…Read More

Beef Central, 02/04/2025

US tariff situation remains fluid, but retaliatory actions already happening 

RETALIATORY tariffs targeting US good have started late this week as the impact of Trump tariff measures on neighbours, Mexico and Canada plus China take effect. On Tuesday, the White..Read More

Beef Central, 07/03/2025

Genetics

Weekly genetics review: Don’t discount the importance of being seen

Genetics editor Al Rayner has served as a Sydney Royal Easter Show RAS Councillor for the past 15 years. In this week’s genetics review, he reflects on the importance of relationship-building between seedstock and commercial cattle producers and the broader community – a fundamental role played by Royal Shows…Read More

Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 15/04/2025

Weekly genetics review: Bull buyers selective as southern seasonal pressures mount

Reflecting on what has been a challenging few months, it is clear that while clearance rates and prices have been lower than many would have hoped, producers are not disinterested nor is the market oversupplied…Read More

Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 08/04/2025

One-month countdown begins to World Angus Forum

More than 600 seedstock and commercial cattle breeders, researchers and industry leaders from at least 26 countries are already registered to attend the 2025 Neogen World Angus Forum taking place in Australia in early May. A leading global event for the Angus beef industry, the event will highlight genetic advancements, sustainability and trade opportunities, positioning Australia at the forefront of the $500 billion global beef industry…Read More

Beef Central, 04/04/2025

Weekly genetics review: Beyond six years – insights into cow longevity

Looking at the performance of a herd or of individual cows, the focus of evaluation is often a simple “did she ‘stay’?” In many cases this question is applied in the context of ‘stayability’, defined as The proportion of heifers that calve for the first time at two years of age and remain in the herd, producing a calf every year up to 6 years of age. But while this is a good definition, asking simply if a cow ‘made it’, doesn’t always give the information needed to make improvements…Read More

Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 01/04/2025

Ag Tech

AgTech success story as Optiweigh delivers 1000th in-paddock weighing unit

One of Australia’s agtech success stories has crossed a significant milestone, with the delivery of the 1000th Optiweigh unit to one of the company’s early adopters…Read More

Eric Barker, 30/01/2025

Scholarship to help keep Luke on the land after life-altering car crash

A North Queensland cattleman who became a quadraplegic after a car crash has received a bursary to become a drone pilot, to assist with work on his family’s cattle property…Read More

Beef Central, 29/01/2025

Green ammonia – Are we overlooking the opportunity for the livestock sector?

What if protein was no longer a limiting factor in our northern beef systems? Qld beef industry RD&E professional Dr Lindsey Perry looks at how small-scale, on-farm ‘green’ ammonia technologies could provide localised systems to potentially fill the protein gap in future…Read More

Lindsey Perry, 20/12/2024

New tech to measure eating quality in live animals

It has long been a dream for the industry to be able to predict the eating quality of live animals, and that dream is close to becoming a reality, MLA has reported today…Read More

Beef Central, 26/11/2024

AgProperty Central

Weekly property review: Tariffs, currency, dramatic seasonal swings – what’s the likely impact on the property market?

In this week’s property review, three rural property specialists give their take on the property market in the light of recent trade access, political and weather events, both at home and overseas…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 16/04/2025

AFA back on the market after $780M deal collapse

One of the largest diversified agricultural portfolios in NSW will return to the market after equity market volatility caused the $780 million deal to fall over…Read More

Emma Alsop and Linda Rowley, 14/04/2025

Mt Harden aggregation sale sees AAM refocus

Agricultural fund manager AAM is offloading its fully exclusion-fenced Mt Harden aggregation in Queensland’s central west after four years of ownership, as it bows out of beef in the region to concentrate more on sheep…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 09/04/2025

Movement at the Station: Properties for sale in Queensland

Mount Isa’s May Downs lists after 38 years | NQ’s Kallanda Station heads to auction | CQ backgrounding & finishing depot with cropping potential | Impressive Teelba Valley’s Glen Elgin | Low-cost high weight country in NQ..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 09/04/2025

AgCarbon Central

Carbon uncertainty pushes NT cattle station to market

Uncertainty created by a delay in the rollout of a new carbon farming methodology has been given as the reason for a Northern Territory cattle station going on the market…Read More

Beef Central, 19/03/2025

Push to change feedlot emissions accounting takes another step

A push to change the accounting of feedlot emissions has taken another step, with the publication of research demonstrating that the current methodology used in official accounts is overestimating the industry’s footprint by 43pc…Read More

Beef Central, 18/03/2025

Carbon markets: ACCU prices drop as more soil carbon projects sign up

Australian carbon credit units have hit a seven-month low after the industry regulator released its report last week flagging a year of strong supply ahead…Read More

Eric Barker, 07/03/2025

Cattle methane: Clear thinking needed

The book “Should meat be on the menu?” explores the widely held misconception that sheep, cattle and other grazing animals are responsible for an enormous net production of new global warming gases…Read More

David Mason-Jones, 07/03/2025

Sheep Central

Grower body calls for Australia to copy NZ wool use move

PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese would be "putting his money where his mouth is" if he applied his 'Future Made in Australia' to emulate the New Zealand Government's decision to increase..Read More

Australia mourns passionate superfine wool supporter

AUSTRALIA’S wool industry is grieving the loss of inspirational Italian processor Alberto Barberis Canonico, an engineer and company leader who fostered the development of this nation’s superfine wool sector...Read More

New taskforce sets a path for the future of livestock transport

MEAT & Livestock Australia (MLA) has formed a Transport Sustainability Taskforce with red meat supply chain representatives to measure animal movement and animal welfare metrics for the livestock road transport..Read More

No 1: Martins Stock Haulage

With a prime mover and trailer fleet capable of moving more than 12,000 head of cattle in a single lift, Martins Stock Haulage is a logistical livestock carrying force across..Read More

Grain Central

Rail upgrades completed at GrainCorp’s Condobolin site

A $7.96m rail upgrade at GrainCorp’s Condobolin site will help growers in NSW’s Central West move goods to market more efficiently...Read More

GrainGrowers calls for targeted climate change investments

In the lead up the 2025 election GrainGrowers has called for political support on climate change initiatives...Read More

Recruitment: Riding the storm – tackling job insecurity in uncertain economic times

With global headlines dominated by rising inflation, geopolitical tensions and supply chain disruptions, it is no wonder many Australians are feeling uneasy about their job security. Economic uncertainty has a..Read More

InterGrain progresses major WA, Vic projects

InterGrain is progressing two major capital works projects, aimed at boosting capacity and expanding the range of crops in its portfolio...Read More

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