The average $/kg liveweight your stock actually earn. Read against cost of production, it is your margin per kilogram.
Cattle prices are cyclical — benchmark your $/kg spread against the MLA National Young Cattle Indicator and the cull-cow market rather than a fixed figure.
MLA Market Information ↗Read against cost of production, this is your margin per kilogram. A widening gap to the market indicator signals better selling — meeting spec, timing, competition at the sale — not just a better market.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Sell to specification — weight and fat score — to avoid grid discounts.
Time sales against the seasonal price curve, not the calendar.
Weigh before selling so you negotiate on data, not estimates.
The average $/kg liveweight your stock actually earn. Read against cost of production, it is your margin per kilogram.
You need: Gross sales by lot ($), Liveweight sold by lot (kgLW). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Cattle prices are cyclical — benchmark your $/kg spread against the MLA National Young Cattle Indicator and the cull-cow market rather than a fixed figure.
Sell to specification — weight and fat score — to avoid grid discounts. Time sales against the seasonal price curve, not the calendar. Weigh before selling so you negotiate on data, not estimates.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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