# Comment: What price will Chinese importers be willing to pay for live cattle? | Queensland Country Life | QLD

> Hancock Prospecting plans to export 150,000 head of live cattle from Australia to China by end-2018, possibly rising to 300,000. Rabobank analyst Angus Gidley-Baird questions what price Chinese importers will pay and notes China's history of careful beef buying.

- Date: 2017-11-06 · published 2017-11-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67926-comment-what-price-will-chinese-importers-be-willing-to-pay-for-live-cattle
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Additional Chinese demand for Australian live cattle could support export prices, but China's price sensitivity may cap gains. The effect is more relevant to Australian cattle than to US feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

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| LCATTLE | 2020-08-13 | [Will contrasting cattle and meat prices see US beef back on Australian retail shelves? - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51582-will-contrasting-cattle-and-meat-prices-see-us-beef-back-on-australian-retail.md) | +2.4% | +0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-01 | [Will importing beef help bring down prices?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17848-will-importing-beef-help-bring-down-prices.md) | -1.8% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- queenslandcountrylife.com.au: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/5038012/chinas-appetite-for-live-cattle/

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