# SE Asia Report: Downward pressure on northern cattle prices - Beef Central

> Indonesian slaughter steer prices slipped to Rp40,000 per kg live weight in April from Rp41,000 the prior month. Some distressed sales were reported at Rp39,000. Industry players attribute the weakness to competition from imported Indian buffalo meat.

- Date: 2017-05-16 · published 2017-05-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70970-se-asia-report-downward-pressure-on-northern-cattle-prices-beef-central
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Cheaper buffalo meat is displacing domestic and Australian cattle demand in Indonesia, which pressures northern Australian cattle prices. The direct impact on feed commodity prices is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-10-11 | [Lull falls over Australia’s northern cattle export trade - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44502-lull-falls-over-australia-s-northern-cattle-export-trade-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-06-05 | [SE Asia Report: Trade volumes in May close to normal pre-virus levels - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52575-se-asia-report-trade-volumes-in-may-close-to-normal-pre-virus-levels-beef.md) | -0.9% | -7.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-02-09 | [SE Asia report: Lower Indo imports likely in 2018 \| China prices climb - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66458-se-asia-report-lower-indo-imports-likely-in-2018-china-prices-climb-beef-central.md) | +1.5% | -1.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-12-07 | [Turkey building up cattle imports again to rein in high beef prices - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67442-turkey-building-up-cattle-imports-again-to-rein-in-high-beef-prices-beef-central.md) | -1.4% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-07-10 | [SE Asia Report: Trade volumes strong despite ongoing Covid 19 disruption - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52058-se-asia-report-trade-volumes-strong-despite-ongoing-covid-19-disruption-beef.md) | +2.6% | +3.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-06-05 | [SE Asia Report: Trade volumes in May close to normal pre-virus levels - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52575-se-asia-report-trade-volumes-in-may-close-to-normal-pre-virus-levels-beef.md) | -1.9% | +0.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-02-09 | [SE Asia report: Lower Indo imports likely in 2018 \| China prices climb - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66458-se-asia-report-lower-indo-imports-likely-in-2018-china-prices-climb-beef-central.md) | +1.7% | -3.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-12-07 | [Turkey building up cattle imports again to rein in high beef prices - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67442-turkey-building-up-cattle-imports-again-to-rein-in-high-beef-prices-beef-central.md) | -0.3% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/live-export/se-asia-report/se-asia-report-downward-pressure-on-northern-cattle-prices/

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