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đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē AustraliaProtein Intelligence

Australia is one of the world's largest beef and sheepmeat exporters, supplying Japan, South Korea, China, and the United States. Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) publishes benchmark price data. The country is also a significant seafood exporter.

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Australia is the world's third-largest beef exporter and a major sheepmeat supplier, with Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) publishing the most reliable benchmark prices in the Asia-Pacific region.

Australian grass-fed beef commands a premium in Japanese, South Korean, and US markets under FTA tariff advantages. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) and MLA weekly saleyard prices are the primary domestic benchmarks. Drought conditions, cattle herd rebuild cycles, and slaughter rates at major processing plants (JBS Australia, Teys, NH Foods) are the dominant supply-side variables.

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WHAT TO WATCH
Bureau of Meteorology rainfall decile maps
Drought conditions accelerate destocking, temporarily depressing cattle prices then driving price spikes when herd rebuild begins
AUD/JPY and AUD/KRW cross rates
Most Australian beef exports to Japan and Korea are priced in AUD — currency moves directly affect importer purchase economics
CPTPP tariff schedules — beef
Australian CPTPP tariff advantage over US beef in Japan is phased down over time — monitor remaining differential vs. US competitor
KEY BENCHMARKS
Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI)
MLA
MLA Sheep & Lamb Indicator
MLA
Rabobank AgriFocus Quarterly
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PRICE ARBITRAGE SIGNAL — ILLUSTRATIVE

When the EYCI is below 600Âĸ/kg CW and AUD is weak (below 0.65 USD), Australian grass-fed beef offers a significant value gap vs. US grain-fed equivalents in Japanese supermarket tenders — a recurring buying window for Japanese importers.

TRADE & PRODUCTION DATA
Source: USDA FAS PSD ¡ FAO FAOSTAT ¡ MLA ¡ NSC ¡ VASEP (public datasets)
Beef
Export000 MT
1.8k ↓
2024E
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
1.4k
1.6k
2.0k
1.8k
1.8k
MLA / USDA FAS PSD
Sheepmeat
Export000 MT
330 ↓
2024E
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
280
298
320
340
330
MLA / USDA FAS PSD
Live Cattle
Export000 head
1.2k ↓
2024E
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
1.1k
977
1.0k
1.3k
1.2k
Australian DAFF
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