Meat prices fall at last

Sandra Godwin Aug 24 2023

Doeys Meats owner Danny McMahon, who has been a butcher for more than 45 years, said part of the problem was a shortage of good quality stock. Picture: Noel Fisher

IN GOOD news for cash-strapped consumers, retail prices for red meat have begun to fall after staying stubbornly high despite a crash in saleyard prices for livestock.

The lag has been blamed on a triple-whammy of rising costs, supply exceeding demand and ongoing workforce shortages at abattoirs.

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Group Insights Manager Scott Cameron said there had been a 5 pe...

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