Live Chicken Prices in Australia
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Local (AUD) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast | Retail estimated | 11.00 | 16.55 | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| - | Retail estimated | 10.77 | 16.20 | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| - | Global benchmark | 1.86 | 2.80 | ▲ 6.3% | ▲ 4.5% | World Bank Pink Sheet |
| - | Export (unit value) estimated | 3.39 | 5.10 | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| - | Import (unit value) estimated | 38.40 | 57.77 | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
| Drumsticks | Retail estimated | 4.00 | 6.02 | n/a | n/a | Web sources (aggregated) |
As of June 2026, the drumsticks live chicken price in Australia available is US$ 4.00 per kg (6.02 AUD).
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Live Chicken Price History & Trend
Monthly live chicken price tracked since June 2026, US$ per kg - the line grows each month as we record it. Source: World Bank Pink Sheet.
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Australia live chicken - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of live chicken shipped by Australia in 2020 was 184,425 tonnes. In 2019 Australia exported 1,258,349 tonnes of live chicken. For 2019 alone, the market for Australia live chicken (livestock category) has climbed, changing by 21.025 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live chicken's exports went up by 2.39 percent earning the exporter US$7.75m for the year 2019. Australia's live chicken exports are categorised as:
- Live fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing <= 185 g (excluding turkeys and guinea fowls) (HS code 010511)
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Australia live chicken export values
In 2019, Australia sold live chicken worth 7.75m USD, a surge of 46.64% from 2018's total live chicken export of 5.285m USD. The annual change in value of Australia live chicken between 2017 to 2018 was -36.486 per cent.
The yearly change in the volume of Australia's live chicken exports between 2017 and 2019 was 2.39 pc when compared to a variation of 21.025% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Australia's portion of the world's total live chicken's exports in 2019 was 15.8 percent. The country is ranked number 2 in world exports of live chicken.
Export markets for Australia live chicken ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Australia is a net exporter of live chicken. The annual growth of Australia live chicken in value between 2015 to 2019 was 9%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was 47%, per annum.
Australia brought in 0 tonnes of live chicken in 2019.