Grass fever drives cattle market in 2017

Shan Goodwin
Updated December 4 2017 - 10:40am, first published 10:00am
It had its ups and downs but the cattle market continued to travel at historically high levels through 2017. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) is now sitting in the high 500c/kg and expected to hover there until Christmas.
It had its ups and downs but the cattle market continued to travel at historically high levels through 2017. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) is now sitting in the high 500c/kg and expected to hover there until Christmas.

RESTOCKERS and their bouts of grass fever dictated the cattle market story for 2017, time and again driving prices above expectations to prove seasonality and the desire to rebuild numbers a more powerful influencer than the end-point downward pressure being exerted at a global level.

Shan Goodwin

Shan Goodwin

National Agriculture Writer - Beef

Shan Goodwin steers ACM’s national coverage of the beef industry. Shan has worked as a journalist for 30 years, the majority of that with agricultural publications. She spent many years as The Land’s North Coast reporter and has visited beef properties and stations throughout the country and overseas. She treats all breeds equally. Contact 0427686187. E: s.goodwin@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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