# Leverage and Its Powerful Effect on the Fed Cattle Market

> Live cattle prices rose from $196 to $202 and dressed prices from $312 to $320 between January 3 and mid-January 2025, both setting records. The CME feeder cattle index reached $278.31, a level never previously recorded, amid strong feeder demand.

- Date: 2025-01-19 · published 2025-01-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26641-leverage-and-its-powerful-effect-on-the-fed-cattle-market
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp two-week rally to record levels, driven by tight cattle supplies and firm beef demand, raises feedlot input costs and reinforces bullish cattle price expectations.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/livestock/article/2025/01/15/leverage-powerful-effect-fed-cattle

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