# Corn and feeder cattle price connection  | Southern Livestock | Cattle Producer News | Cattle Market Reports | Bull Sale Reports

> A University of Georgia analysis explains that higher corn prices lower feeder cattle prices because feedlots pay less for cattle when feed costs rise. It notes corn fell over the past year, supporting feeder prices, and that feeder cattle have been flat since mid-April.

- Date: 2024-07-08 · published 2024-07-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29405-corn-and-feeder-cattle-price-connection-southern-livestock-cattle-producer-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The piece is a general explainer on the corn-to-feeder cattle price link; it describes the mechanism without a new event moving prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- FCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- southernlivestock.com: https://southernlivestock.com/corn-and-feeder-cattle-price-connection/

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