# Weekly Address: Free Trade Distorts Domestic Cattle Prices - R-CALF USA

> R-CALF USA's weekly commentary argues that imported live cattle distort domestic cattle prices by pressuring the value of lighter-weight animals. It states that fed cattle prices are highly sensitive to weekly slaughter supply relative to shackle space.

- Date: 2023-12-19 · published 2023-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32622-weekly-address-free-trade-distorts-domestic-cattle-prices-r-calf-usa
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

This is an advocacy opinion piece rather than a new supply shock, so its price impact is limited, though it reflects political pressure against cattle imports.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2021-05-19 | [Livestock groups unite on need to address cattle markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47227-livestock-groups-unite-on-need-to-address-cattle-markets.md) | -0.4% | +14.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-07-06 | [Editorial: Protecting cattle from pest and disease - Texas Border Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46008-editorial-protecting-cattle-from-pest-and-disease-texas-border-business.md) | +0.7% | +0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-08-06 | [Price Margins Don’t Add Up in Favor of Producers \| Calf News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45711-price-margins-don-t-add-up-in-favor-of-producers-calf-news.md) | +0.7% | +1.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-06-21 | [CFTC fines U.S. cattle futures traders $5 million](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70628-cftc-fines-u-s-cattle-futures-traders-5-million.md) | +0.7% | +7.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-07-12 | [Sask. cattle producers call for meat pricing investigation, transparency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40439-sask-cattle-producers-call-for-meat-pricing-investigation-transparency.md) | +1.0% | +3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-05-19 | [Livestock groups unite on need to address cattle markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47227-livestock-groups-unite-on-need-to-address-cattle-markets.md) | -0.0% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-25 | [Cattle prices investigated - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48256-cattle-prices-investigated-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | +1.4% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-08-06 | [Price Margins Don’t Add Up in Favor of Producers \| Calf News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45711-price-margins-don-t-add-up-in-favor-of-producers-calf-news.md) | +1.1% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- r-calfusa.com: https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-address-free-trade-distorts-domestic-cattle-prices/

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