# Range of factors impacting prime cattle price | News | Meat Management

> Quality Meat Scotland reports Scottish prime cattle prices start 2019 4% lower than a year earlier, with Irish prices 6% lower and wider European beef down about 3% in euro terms. Australian prices are 10% higher on the year after drought-driven slaughter volumes, and US prices are unchanged.

- Date: 2019-01-14 · published 2019-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61040-range-of-factors-impacting-prime-cattle-price-news-meat-management
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower European prices and firm Australian prices shape export competition and global beef supply balance, with little direct immediate effect on US feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- meatmanagement.com: https://meatmanagement.com/news/range-of-factors-impacting-prime-cattle-price/45343.article

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