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New Zealand Live Cattle Prices

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What is the price of live cattle per kilogram/pound in New Zealand today?

The retail price range for New Zealand live cattle is between US$ 3.35 and US$ 4.31 per kilogram or between US$ 1.52 and US$ 1.95 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live cattle in New Zealand

The retail price range in New Zealand Dollar for live cattle is between NZD 5.33 and NZD 6.86 per kilogram or between NZD 2.42 and NZD 3.11 per pound(lb) in Wellington and Auckland.




Wholesale prices

In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for New Zealand live cattle is between US$ 2.35 and US$ 3.02 per kilogram or between US$ 1.06 and US$ 1.37 per pound(lb).




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New Zealand Live Cattle Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction

The export price per kilogram of Live Cattle from New Zealand over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 4.52 US $ per kg, followed by a decrease to 4.05 US $ per kg in 2018. However, the price rose again in 2019 to 4.97 US $ per kg and further increased to 5.74 US $ per kg in 2020. The price remained relatively stable in 2021 and 2022 at 5.76 US $ per kg and 5.37 US $ per kg respectively. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Live Cattle from New Zealand in 2023 will be around 5.90 US $ per kg and in 2024 will be around 5.50 US $ per kg.

The New Zealand live cattle exports are categorised as:

  • Live cattle (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010229)
  • Pure-bred cattle for breeding (HS code 010221)


New Zealand Live Cattle Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction

The import price per kilogram of Live Cattle into New Zealand over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was 4.24 US dollars per kg, followed by a slight increase to 4.52 US dollars per kg in 2017. However, in 2018, the price dropped to 4.05 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price rose again to 4.97 US dollars per kg, and then increased further to 5.74 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then remained relatively stable in 2021 and 2022, at 5.76 and 5.37 US dollars per kg respectively. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Live Cattle into New Zealand will continue to increase in the next two years. We predict that the price will reach 5.90 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 6.05 US dollars per kg in 2024.


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Export values for New Zealand live cattle

The total values in export for live cattle in New Zealand were US$ 58,771, US$ 45,192, US$ 20,858 and US$ 51,195 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.



New Zealand live cattle - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of live cattle shipped by New Zealand in 2020 was 36,430 tonnes. In 2019 New Zealand sold 10,291 tonnes of live cattle. In 2019 alone, the demand for New Zealand live cattle (livestock category) has increased, recording a change of 99.786 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live cattle's exports grew by 2.91 percent bringing the country US$51.20m for the year 2019. New Zealand's live cattle exports are classified as:

  • Live cattle (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010229)
  • Pure-bred cattle for breeding (HS code 010221)

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New Zealand live cattle export values

In 2019, New Zealand sold live cattle costing 51.20m USD, a growth of 145.47% from 2018's total live cattle export of 20.858m USD. The yearly change in value of New Zealand live cattle between 2017 to 2018 was -53.846%.

The per year variation in the amount of New Zealand's live cattle exports between 2017 and 2019 was 2.91 pc in comparison to a variation of 99.786% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

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Export markets for New Zealand live cattle ( in '000$ )

New Zealand's top destinations for live cattle are China, Tonga, Fiji, Mexico and Japan.

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New Zealand purchased 0 tonnes of live cattle in 2019.



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