# Squeeze tightens for beef processors as co-product values revised | Farm Online | ACT

> Australian beef processor trading conditions were revised lower, with August's BPTC cut from 21% to 13% after co-product values, including hides, offals, meat and bone meal and tallow, were corrected. September's BPTC was confirmed at 6%, and the year-to-date average fell to 63%. Heavy steer prices rose 21% and processor cow values 35% between the second and third quarters.

- Date: 2025-11-17 · published 2025-11-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22080-squeeze-tightens-for-beef-processors-as-co-product-values-revised-farm-online
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Higher cattle procurement costs combined with weaker co-product values are squeezing processor margins into spring, which can reduce slaughter margins and affect beef and by-product supply for feed markets.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/9112940/squeeze-tightens-for-beef-processors-as-co-product-values-revised/

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