Inch-by-inch, beef prices notch up another 5c/kg
Some factories are expected to reduce their slaughtering days for this week to ease the pressure for intake.
While the processors continue to hold a firm rein on upward movement in prices for stock, the demand for cattle to supply the market is forcing them to ease their grip.
It is an inch-by-inch movement, with neither the suppliers nor the processors willingly conceding ground, that is not absolutely - or almost so - unavoidable in keeping the business moving.
