# Australian beef prices could drop 30 per cent if US beef imports resume - ABC News

> A Queensland meat processor says Australian beef prices could fall as much as 30 percent if US beef imports resume, which could happen as early as July after Food Standards Australia New Zealand assessed US mad cow risk as very low. Australia has barred US beef since 2001 and its cattle herd is depleted with record prices.

- Date: 2017-02-07 · published 2017-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72433-australian-beef-prices-could-drop-30-per-cent-if-us-beef-imports-resume-abc-news
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Renewed US beef access would add supply to Australian markets where cattle prices are near records, pressuring Australian livestock prices; US beef's large cold-storage inventories are a competitive threat.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-02-01 | [Cattle and Bison Imports from Mexico Resume Under New Protocol \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25980-cattle-and-bison-imports-from-mexico-resume-under-new-protocol-usda.md) | -0.8% | -4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-10-01 | [Cattle prices, board volatile on news of added imports, border reopening, meat plant closures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17624-cattle-prices-board-volatile-on-news-of-added-imports-border-reopening-meat.md) | +0.5% | +3.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [President Trump's plans to import beef leave American ranchers concerned : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9553-president-trump-s-plans-to-import-beef-leave-american-ranchers-concerned-npr.md) | -1.3% | -7.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-12-19 | [US allows beef imports from Paraguay despite pushback from ranchers \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32620-us-allows-beef-imports-from-paraguay-despite-pushback-from-ranchers-agriculture.md) | +0.9% | +2.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-14 | [Did the Administration's Plan to Lower Beef Prices Wreck the Bull Run in the Cattle Market? - Drovers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6067-did-the-administration-s-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-wreck-the-bull-run-in-the.md) | -1.8% | +0.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-02-01 | [Cattle and Bison Imports from Mexico Resume Under New Protocol \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25980-cattle-and-bison-imports-from-mexico-resume-under-new-protocol-usda.md) | -3.9% | -0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-10-01 | [Cattle prices, board volatile on news of added imports, border reopening, meat plant closures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17624-cattle-prices-board-volatile-on-news-of-added-imports-border-reopening-meat.md) | +0.5% | +4.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [President Trump's plans to import beef leave American ranchers concerned : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9553-president-trump-s-plans-to-import-beef-leave-american-ranchers-concerned-npr.md) | -2.0% | -3.7% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-02-07/beef-prices-could-drop-by-30-per-cent/8246864

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