# Tight Supplies and Beef Demand are Fundamental to Price Support | Feedlot Special | feedlotmagazine.com

> Feeder steer prices at Oklahoma National Stockyards averaged $283.18/cwt in March, over $31 above March 2024, then dropped about $20 to $270.90 in the April 7 auction on lighter receipts. Feeder and stocker sales in the first two months were down 15% year over year, as Mexican feeder cattle imports fell 75% under restrictions.

- Date: 2025-04-23 · published 2025-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11323-tight-supplies-and-beef-demand-are-fundamental-to-price-support-feedlot-special
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Sharply lower feeder cattle imports and placements tighten feeder supplies, supporting outlying futures prices and feeder cattle values despite short-term volatility.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2026-01-20 | [US lean beef trimmings import prices rise on China demand, tight supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21181-us-lean-beef-trimmings-import-prices-rise-on-china-demand-tight-supply.md) | +1.3% | +2.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-12-20 | [Domestic Fed and Feeder Cattle Prices are Supported by Export Demand \| Center for Agricultural Profitability \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55695-domestic-fed-and-feeder-cattle-prices-are-supported-by-export-demand-center-for.md) | +0.6% | +0.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-10-08 | [Weekly protein report: Feeder cattle supplies remain tight despite renewed Mexican imports
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17199-weekly-protein-report-feeder-cattle-supplies-remain-tight-despite-renewed.md) | +0.9% | -0.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-11-13 | [Paraguay's beef likely won't boost tight US supplies, importers say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33105-paraguay-s-beef-likely-won-t-boost-tight-us-supplies-importers-say-reuters.md) | -0.5% | -5.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-01-21 | [Live export cattle prices push into unchartered territory + 2020 full year export data - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49081-live-export-cattle-prices-push-into-unchartered-territory-2020-full-year-export.md) | +0.2% | +2.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-01-20 | [US lean beef trimmings import prices rise on China demand, tight supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21181-us-lean-beef-trimmings-import-prices-rise-on-china-demand-tight-supply.md) | +1.3% | +5.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-12-20 | [Domestic Fed and Feeder Cattle Prices are Supported by Export Demand \| Center for Agricultural Profitability \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55695-domestic-fed-and-feeder-cattle-prices-are-supported-by-export-demand-center-for.md) | +1.1% | +3.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-11-13 | [Paraguay's beef likely won't boost tight US supplies, importers say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33105-paraguay-s-beef-likely-won-t-boost-tight-us-supplies-importers-say-reuters.md) | -0.9% | -6.1% |

## Sources

- feedlotmagazine.com: https://www.feedlotmagazine.com/news/feedlot_special/tight-supplies-and-beef-demand-are-fundamental-to-price-support/article_84e53bc4-4190-4792-bb82-6370a64a82bb.html

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