# Cheaper US beef heightens appetite for export access to Australia

> Beef Central compared US live cattle and feeder futures with Australian forward cattle prices and found a wide gap heading into late 2017. Australia faces a slaughter cattle shortage after two years of drought, while US prices are pressured by herd rebuilding and cheap grain. The gap is expected to push the US to seek restored access to the Australian beef market by August or September.

- Date: 2017-04-19 · published 2017-04-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71454-cheaper-us-beef-heightens-appetite-for-export-access-to-australia
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A large US-Australia price gap could lead to renewed trade access talks that affect beef export flows. Cheap US grain supports the US cattle price pressure that feeds into feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## 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 | 2019-08-22 | [What can Australia expect, following’s Brazil’s beef access breakthrough with Indonesia? - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57531-what-can-australia-expect-following-s-brazil-s-beef-access-breakthrough-with.md) | +1.4% | -4.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-02-07 | [Carabeef exports plunge as China tightens border control \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60547-carabeef-exports-plunge-as-china-tightens-border-control-farm-online-act.md) | +0.3% | +2.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-25 | [Economists doubt Trump outlook that US will sell 'so much' beef to Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23703-economists-doubt-trump-outlook-that-us-will-sell-so-much-beef-to-australia.md) | +0.8% | +3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-12-08 | [Access changes redefining global beef trade competition - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49596-access-changes-redefining-global-beef-trade-competition-beef-central.md) | -0.9% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/trade/cheaper-us-beef-heightens-appetite-for-export-access-to-australia/

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