The International Market

Australia

Kill numbers remain high, almost hitting 170,000 last week for all of Australia. West Coast slaughter (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria & South Australia) was at 161,444 from 159,581 the week prior. Kill the same week last year was 132,557. Good US economic news has prompted Australian currency to fall below 77 cents, helping exporters. This has not significantly helped meat demand which remains weak as…