The Stock Take | More cattle through feedlots raises questions on supply

By Angus Brown, Mecardo
March 23 2019 - 6:00am
FIGURE 1: Cattle on feed, marketings and placements. Cattle on feed in the December quarter of 2018 were 14pc higher than December 2017 according to the recent cattle on feed survey.
FIGURE 1: Cattle on feed, marketings and placements. Cattle on feed in the December quarter of 2018 were 14pc higher than December 2017 according to the recent cattle on feed survey.

The feedlot sector has taken a break from it's trending growth, with a 1 per cent fall in cattle on feed in the last quarter of 2018. In terms of number of head, that's only 16,000 fewer cattle on feed (Figure 1).

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