# Market takes a nosedive over the week | Western Livestock Journal

> Live and feeder cattle futures fell over the week as cash cattle and boxed beef prices weakened. Traders worried about rising feeder supplies once USDA reopens the border to Mexican live cattle, and a new avian influenza strain was reported in a California dairy.

- Date: 2025-02-07 · published 2025-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12740-market-takes-a-nosedive-over-the-week-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Expected Mexican feeder cattle imports add supply and weigh on feeder and fed cattle prices, while the disease news adds uncertainty for the dairy and beef complex.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-28 | [Headlines turn market lower over the week  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8339-headlines-turn-market-lower-over-the-week-western-livestock-journal.md) | -2.6% | -1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-24 | [Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Aug. 24 \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8346-market-wrap-up-monday-aug-24-western-livestock-journal.md) | -1.6% | -2.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-21 | [Potential impacts of the Mexican border reopening  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21901-potential-impacts-of-the-mexican-border-reopening-western-livestock-journal.md) | -1.5% | +4.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-02-14 | [Cattle and beef trade: a look back and a look ahead \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54545-cattle-and-beef-trade-a-look-back-and-a-look-ahead-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.6% | -11.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-03 | [Feeder market softens as demand for cattle weakens \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7820-feeder-market-softens-as-demand-for-cattle-weakens-the-western-producer.md) | -4.7% | -10.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-08-28 | [Headlines turn market lower over the week  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8339-headlines-turn-market-lower-over-the-week-western-livestock-journal.md) | -2.4% | +0.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-08-24 | [Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Aug. 24 \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8346-market-wrap-up-monday-aug-24-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.1% | +0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-06-21 | [Cattle trade trends in North America \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29680-cattle-trade-trends-in-north-america-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.3% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/market-takes-a-nosedive-over-the-week/

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