STRONG LIVESTOCK SALES
2025 is trying to be the most important yr on file for Australia’s cattle trade, with China prone to supply any shortfall in its prime beef provides from the nation.
In the meantime, the recognition of Australian beef is being felt in livestock markets throughout the nation, together with within the small rural group of Rutherford.
Native inventory agent Tony Bowe, who has been promoting livestock most of his life, recognises the significance of those gross sales.
He stated he believes the present volatility triggered by the Trump tariffs and the potential repercussions bode nicely for the Australian market.
“These uncertainties on this planet are undoubtedly going to assist our trade,” stated Bowe.
“I believe going ahead in 12 months’ time, we’ll see a really huge raise within the cattle market and the livestock trade in Australia.”
In comparison with industrial-scale saleyards throughout Australia, the Rutherford market is small however it performs an important position within the livestock provide chain.
Most of the cattle there are purchased for the long-term due to their measurement.
“There’s at all times a cut price available by shopping for an animal that no person else desires for no matter motive,” stated cattle farmer and purchaser Stephen Low.
“However they’re good high quality cattle right here and the costs usually are not as a lot as I might have discovered right here final month.”
