# Fed Cattle Prices Lower, Packer Margins Improve – Lakeview Grains, LLC

> Cash fed cattle prices fell $5 per cwt live and $8-10 dressed from the prior week, the largest weekly decline of the year. Feedyard margins dropped to about $50 per head, while packers still earned over $150 per head. USDA data showed beef production up 5.2% in January-February and cattle on feed up 9%.

- Date: 2018-04-02 · published 2018-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10075-fed-cattle-prices-lower-packer-margins-improve-lakeview-grains-llc
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Rising beef and cattle supplies shift leverage to packers and pressure fed cattle prices. Larger placements mean more feed demand is pulled forward, but ample supplies weigh on cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2016-09-07 | [Lower Cash Fed Cattle Prices on Large Cattle Slaughter \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9461-lower-cash-fed-cattle-prices-on-large-cattle-slaughter-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +0.1% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-04-09 | [Rising feed prices impact cattle markets \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47743-rising-feed-prices-impact-cattle-markets-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.6% | -3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-06-08 | [Projecting feeder cattle prices in 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64683-projecting-feeder-cattle-prices-in-2018.md) | +0.8% | -2.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2016-12-23 | [Cattle prices declined in October - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73417-cattle-prices-declined-in-october-progressive-cattle-ag-proud.md) | +3.7% | +6.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-03-27 | [Fed cattle supplies remain larger than a year ago \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31322-fed-cattle-supplies-remain-larger-than-a-year-ago-ag-proud.md) | -0.9% | -2.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2016-09-07 | [Lower Cash Fed Cattle Prices on Large Cattle Slaughter \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9461-lower-cash-fed-cattle-prices-on-large-cattle-slaughter-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +2.2% | -1.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-04-09 | [Rising feed prices impact cattle markets \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47743-rising-feed-prices-impact-cattle-markets-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.8% | -11.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-06-08 | [Projecting feeder cattle prices in 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64683-projecting-feeder-cattle-prices-in-2018.md) | -1.6% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- lakeviewgrainsllc.com: https://www.lakeviewgrainsllc.com/fed-cattle-prices-lower-packer-margins-improve/

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