# Western Australia’s live cattle trade could be ‘stopped overnight’ by lumpy skin disease, Littleproud warns | Countryman

> Western Australian Agriculture Minister Dave Littleproud warns that the state's live cattle trade could be stopped overnight if lumpy skin disease reaches Australia. The article is a short local report with limited detail beyond that warning.

- Date: 2022-03-24 · published 2022-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42223-western-australia-s-live-cattle-trade-could-be-stopped-overnight-by-lumpy-skin
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A sudden halt to live cattle exports from Western Australia would cut Australian export demand for feeder and live cattle, pressuring prices.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-09-04 | [Australia remains free of lumpy skin disease despite Indonesia blocking cattle imports, officials say \| Rural and regional Australia \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34038-australia-remains-free-of-lumpy-skin-disease-despite-indonesia-blocking-cattle.md) | +0.8% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-03-23 | [Australia's chief vet travels to Indonesia as urgent vaccine rollout begins for lumpy skin disease - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42218-australia-s-chief-vet-travels-to-indonesia-as-urgent-vaccine-rollout-begins-for.md) | +0.5% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-05-06 | [Foot-and-mouth disease detected in Indonesia; Australian livestock sector on alert - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41345-foot-and-mouth-disease-detected-in-indonesia-australian-livestock-sector-on.md) | -0.8% | -1.6% |
| 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 | 2022-08-01 | [The battlefronts facing the live cattle trade \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39975-the-battlefronts-facing-the-live-cattle-trade-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | +3.6% |

## Sources

- countryman.com.au: https://www.countryman.com.au/countryman/news/western-australias-live-cattle-trade-could-be-stopped-overnight-by-lumpy-skin-disease-littleproud-warns-c-6190308

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