# Meeting the challenge of high cattle prices: State of play with Indo live trade  | Farm Online | ACT

> A joint Indonesia Australian Red Meat and Cattle Partnership report says pandemic impacts on live cattle trade to Indonesia will be more acutely felt this year, with tight Australian cattle supply driving high prices. The report flags both positive drivers such as regulatory streamlining and negative drivers such as reduced consumer spending and competition from India, Mexico and Brazil.

- Date: 2021-05-12 · published 2021-05-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47031-meeting-the-challenge-of-high-cattle-prices-state-of-play-with-indo-live-trade
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Tight Australian supply and rising costs for live exports to Indonesia point to firm feeder cattle prices, while weaker Indonesian demand could limit upside.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2023-10-23 | [Ensuring High Cattle Prices Longer - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33789-ensuring-high-cattle-prices-longer-oklahoma-farm-report.md) | -2.0% | -5.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-11-18 | [Estimates suggest tighter cattle supply, higher prices \| Livestock \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38609-estimates-suggest-tighter-cattle-supply-higher-prices-livestock-farmweeknow-com.md) | +1.4% | +4.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-05-28 | [Cattle Trade Led Higher by the Feeders - IBest Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30403-cattle-trade-led-higher-by-the-feeders-ibest-media.md) | -1.5% | -0.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-01-24 | [Cattle Prices Start 2024 Higher Than Last Year \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32256-cattle-prices-start-2024-higher-than-last-year-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | +4.5% | +8.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-02-23 | [Smaller Cattle Herd, but Stronger Live Cattle Prices Forecast for 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37272-smaller-cattle-herd-but-stronger-live-cattle-prices-forecast-for-2023.md) | +0.2% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/7249810/meeting-the-challenge-of-high-cattle-prices-state-of-play-with-indo-live-trade/

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