Australia: Record Cattle on Feed Numbers Drive Huge 2025 Turn-Off
Australia’s feedlot sector maintained strong momentum through the December quarter, setting a new record for cattle on feed and continuing to test the upper limits of national capacity. This sustained expansion underpinned record grainfed export performance in 2025cal demonstrating the importance of feedlots in the production system.
National feedlot capacity increased by 1% on last quarter to a record 1.76 million head, supporting continued high throughput. The slightly lower September-quarter cattle-on-feed figure flowed through to December turn-off, which totalled 947,200 head, down 2% from the all-time high recorded in the September quarter...
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