# All eyes on US herd recovery | North Queensland Register | QLD

> Meat and Livestock Australia says US demand for Australian chilled grassfed beef is growing, and US import prices are tracking close to last year's levels. The USDA cattle inventory shows the US herd at 94.4 million head, up 0.7% and the smallest increase since 2015.

- Date: 2018-02-23 · published 2018-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66453-all-eyes-on-us-herd-recovery-north-queensland-register-qld
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A slowing US herd rebuild supports beef import demand and prices, while higher odds of La Niña could push producers to sell cows sooner, adding near-term supply.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-07-28 | [Beef exporters still counting on US herd rebuild boost \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35001-beef-exporters-still-counting-on-us-herd-rebuild-boost-farm-online-act.md) | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-02-01 | [U.S. Cow Herd Continues to Grow - Northern Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66455-u-s-cow-herd-continues-to-grow-northern-ag-network.md) | +0.5% | +2.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-10-26 | [US Beef Demand Seen Falling in 2023 as Cattle Herd Continues to Shrink – The Van Trump Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39088-us-beef-demand-seen-falling-in-2023-as-cattle-herd-continues-to-shrink-the-van.md) | +0.7% | +1.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-03-11 | [Weekly global protein digest: Australia's beef herd recovering, HPAI, US dairy markets
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42221-weekly-global-protein-digest-australia-s-beef-herd-recovering-hpai-us-dairy.md) | +0.5% | +0.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-02 | [USDA reports unusually large US beef export sales, raising doubts over data \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5240-usda-reports-unusually-large-us-beef-export-sales-raising-doubts-over-data.md) | -2.2% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- northqueenslandregister.com.au: https://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/story/5247604/all-eyes-on-us-herd-recovery/

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