Report
Major results of beef production in Australia
Technical Report. Viandes & Produits Carnés
Unpublished
2019
Abstract
Australia has developed for about 20 years the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) grading scheme to predict beef eating quality and hence better satisfy beef consumers. More than 3.1 million cattle were processed through MSA pathways in 2017-18. The cattle presented for MSA grading accounted for 43% of the national adult cattle slaughter and 94.3% of cattle presented for grading met MSA minimum requirements. The Meat Livestock Australia has also developed the MSA index, which indicates an eating quality potential at the whole carcass level. Since 2011, the average MSA Index has increased by roughly 1.5% from 2010-11 to 2016-17 to reach 57.78 in 2017-18. More than 5,000 meat producers became registered to supply livestock through the MSA program, and the average price differential between MSA and non-MSA carcasses from young cattle across all weight ranges (excluding accredited grainfed cattle) was $0.21/kg (and $0.13/kg for cattle that met grainfed accreditation standards). Thus, in the last year, it is estimated that the MSA program delivered an additional AUD$152 million in farm gate returns for beef producers in Australia.
Details
- Title
- Major results of beef production in Australia
- Authors/Creators
- Alix NeveuSarah StrachanDavid PethickIsabelle LegrandJean-François Hocquette
- Publication Details
- Technical Report. Viandes & Produits Carnés
- Publisher
- Unpublished
- Identifiers
- 991005634022407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Food Futures Institute
- Language
- English; French
- Resource Type
- Report
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