# Varilek’s Cattle Call: Disconnect between demand and cattle prices | TSLN.com

> Cattle futures rose at the end of the week after cash trade reached $184 to $187 in the south and north. Boxed beef prices slipped, but packers paid higher prices, and the commentary highlights record imports and heavy carcass weights as factors holding back producer prices.

- Date: 2024-09-27 · published 2024-09-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28252-varilek-s-cattle-call-disconnect-between-demand-and-cattle-prices-tsln-com
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Record beef imports and heavy carcass weights add supply pressure that limits cattle price gains despite historically tight cattle numbers.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- tsln.com: https://www.tsln.com/news/varileks-cattle-call-disconnect-between-demand-and-cattle-prices/

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