# Ranchers to the south move snow to save cattle and count deads after a late spring blizzard claims cows, calves | TSLN.com

> A late spring blizzard swept across Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, bending wheat crops to the ground and burying cattle in snow drifts. Ranchers were still searching for dead cows and calves nearly a week later, and many operations remained without power.

- Date: 2017-05-05 · published 2017-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11582-ranchers-to-the-south-move-snow-to-save-cattle-and-count-deads-after-a-late
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Wheat crop damage in the Southern Plains and cattle losses tighten supply, which supports Plains wheat and cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- KWHEAT: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2017-04-24 | [Southwest and Southern Plains states’ small-grain feeding hampered by drought - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71634-southwest-and-southern-plains-states-small-grain-feeding-hampered-by-drought.md) | +5.0% | +8.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2019-10-23 | [Weather cocktail gives wheat a little lift \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56512-weather-cocktail-gives-wheat-a-little-lift-the-land-nsw.md) | -0.5% | +1.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-05-31 | [Insight: U.S. wheat crop hit by dry winter then soggy spring, adding to global tightness \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41447-insight-u-s-wheat-crop-hit-by-dry-winter-then-soggy-spring-adding-to-global.md) | -5.3% | -20.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-09-22 | [Drought hampering Black Sea crop sowing sparks light in wheat prices
 \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51175-drought-hampering-black-sea-crop-sowing-sparks-light-in-wheat-prices-the-land.md) | -0.9% | +15.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-06-22 | [After drought and wildfires, wheat farmers in the Great Plains are in for a rough year \| HPPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18863-after-drought-and-wildfires-wheat-farmers-in-the-great-plains-are-in-for-a.md) | -5.1% | +12.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-05-02 | [Beef Prices Soar After Blizzard Clobbers Midwest - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7069-beef-prices-soar-after-blizzard-clobbers-midwest-bloomberg.md) | -0.2% | +0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-22 | [Trump calls for cheaper cattle, more grazing lands in effort to trim beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6336-trump-calls-for-cheaper-cattle-more-grazing-lands-in-effort-to-trim-beef-prices.md) | -7.7% | -8.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-30 | [The source of high cattle and beef prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22522-the-source-of-high-cattle-and-beef-prices.md) | -6.4% | -9.4% |

## Sources

- tsln.com: https://www.tsln.com/news/double-whammy/

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