# US beef demand in fine fettle | Farm Online | ACT

> U.S. beef stocks in February fell 8.3% from January to 460.3 million pounds, below both last year and the five-year average. Analysts say this suggests beef demand is keeping pace with rising production, and Australia's 90CL import benchmark has held near 600 cents per kilogram.

- Date: 2018-04-02 · published 2018-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65641-us-beef-demand-in-fine-fettle-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower beef stocks and firm import prices suggest solid end-user demand that supports cattle values despite higher U.S. beef output.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/5318954/us-beef-demand-in-fine-fettle/

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