Please Note – The Jacobsen will not publish an International Animal Fats Bulletin on Thursday 24 December. We will publish a price guide only version on 31 December before returning to our normal publication schedule on 7 January 2021.
Tallow prices are up US$10 from last week for export out of the Australian market. Favorable pricing to palm and limited supplies are helping to push the market higher. Cattle slaughter was estimated at 112,229 by the MLA for last week, down 32 percent from year prior levels. Production is expected to grind to a halt over the next few weeks and favorable pasturing weather may slow the return to the abattoirs in January. Sellers moving product out of New Zealand are seeing strong demand from China. The Chinese demand combined with tight supplies has also helped to push prices higher out of the NZ market.
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