# National feeder and stocker cattle report | Capital Press

> National feeder and stocker cattle receipts totaled 270,900 head, down from 315,100 the prior week. Steers and heifers sold $4-10 lower in the North and South Central regions and $2-4 lower in the Southeast, erasing the previous week's gains as producers pulled cattle from auctions amid COVID-19 worries.

- Date: 2020-02-28 · published 2020-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12521-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower receipts and falling bids reflect producer reluctance to sell into a sharp market drop. Feeder cattle prices are under pressure as the market adjusts to weaker demand expectations.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2021-05-28 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47235-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +10.0% | +17.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-11-22 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7039-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -2.2% | -0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-08-28 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51750-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -3.1% | -1.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-13 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9943-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -1.5% | +0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-10-04 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44712-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +4.4% | +2.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-13 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9943-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -4.4% | -4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-05-28 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47235-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +0.1% | +4.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-08-28 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51750-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -0.2% | +0.9% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2020/02/28/national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-140/

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