Welcome back to the 2023 third series of Beef Central podcasts, the Weekly Grill with host Kerry Lonergan.

Today's season-opening interview is a start-of-year assessment of the cattle and beef markets for 2023 with regular commentators, Stockco's Chris Howie and Ep3's Matt Dalgleish.

The pair discuss the 2023 year and what lies ahead: the dramatic adjustments in slaughter and young cattle prices seen since the start of the year; weather impacts with a forecast return to El Nino by mid-year; the effect of the US drought on demand for Australian beef in international markets and other potential headwinds and tailwinds.

Next week's episode 2 will be an interview with MLA managing director Jason Strong.