Mar 06, 2020 · Jon Condon, 06/03/2020. A DRAMATIC contrast has emerged in cattle price trends between Australia and the rest of the beef exporting world, where the impact of coronavirus and the slowdown in demand from China has pushed many livestock prices sharply lower. While Australian slaughter cattle prices have surged to dramatic all-time highs over the past two months following rain, in most other major beef export countries, prices have moved sharply in the opposite direction, as can be seen in this