# Darwin live export industry ends 'tough' year with numbers, prices down after biosecurity threats - ABC News

> Livestock exports from Darwin in 2022 are estimated at about 230,000 head, roughly half the ten-year average and the lowest in a decade. High cattle prices and limited supply led Indonesian buyers to change the livestock types they sought. Exporters described the year as one of the toughest in their careers.

- Date: 2022-12-26 · published 2022-12-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9959-darwin-live-export-industry-ends-tough-year-with-numbers-prices-down-after
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced Australian live cattle export volumes lower demand for northern cattle and signal tighter exporter margins, with limited direct effect on feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-10-16 | [Live export cattle prices slide as Indonesia ramps up imports of boxed meat - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33566-live-export-cattle-prices-slide-as-indonesia-ramps-up-imports-of-boxed-meat-abc.md) | +0.2% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-01-01 | [Largest number of Top End buffalo exported in 27 years as Aussie beef outprices Indonesian markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67603-largest-number-of-top-end-buffalo-exported-in-27-years-as-aussie-beef-outprices.md) | -0.4% | +1.9% |
| 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% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-01 | [Economists don’t expect reopening the US to Mexican cattle imports to reduce high beef prices \| News \| palestineherald.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17424-economists-don-t-expect-reopening-the-us-to-mexican-cattle-imports-to-reduce.md) | -1.8% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-24 | [Reopening US border to Mexican cattle not expected to drop beef prices \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17843-reopening-us-border-to-mexican-cattle-not-expected-to-drop-beef-prices-ap-news.md) | -1.6% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-12-27/darwin-live-export-trade-halves-fmd-lumpy-skin-biosecurity/101800500

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.