# The battlefronts facing the live cattle trade | Farm Online | ACT

> Farm Online reports Australia's live cattle exports have stalled as Indonesian feedlots cancel orders to avoid buying animals at risk of foot-and-mouth disease. Live cattle exports are running 55% under the five-year average, with June shipments to Indonesia at just 25,730 head.

- Date: 2022-08-01 · published 2022-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39975-the-battlefronts-facing-the-live-cattle-trade-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Halted live cattle shipments to Indonesia push Australian cattle prices lower and add supply to domestic markets, weakening the outlook for imported beef and feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-03-29 | [Borders will shut to cattle in a lumpy skin outbreak, experts warn \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42217-borders-will-shut-to-cattle-in-a-lumpy-skin-outbreak-experts-warn-farm-online.md) | -0.7% | +1.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-05-20 | [Grain sector cautions of FMD fallout \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41373-grain-sector-cautions-of-fmd-fallout-farm-online-act.md) | -0.4% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-04-30 | [US live cattle, feeder cattle futures end lower - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5417-us-live-cattle-feeder-cattle-futures-end-lower-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -1.9% | +1.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-27 | [Cattle Collapsing as Spec Longs Head for the Exits](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22523-cattle-collapsing-as-spec-longs-head-for-the-exits.md) | +0.2% | -7.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-29 | [China’s coronavirus outbreak will impact beef and cattle trade - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55036-china-s-coronavirus-outbreak-will-impact-beef-and-cattle-trade-beef-central.md) | -1.1% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/7842627/live-cattle-trade-hangs-in-the-balance/

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