# Feeder Cattle Market Influenced by Tight Supplies | Red River Farm Network

> Van Ahn and Company analyst Steve Witt expects feeder cattle prices to avoid their usual seasonal late-summer weakness. He cites tight cattle numbers, a lack of heifer replacements and heavy dairy culling that is sending cows to slaughter.

- Date: 2023-08-16 · published 2023-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34728-feeder-cattle-market-influenced-by-tight-supplies-red-river-farm-network
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Limited feeder supplies and dairy culling support feeder prices into the fall, which keeps cattle feeding margins under pressure and demand for feed steady.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral
- FCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- rrfn.com: https://www.rrfn.com/2023/08/16/feeder-cattle-market-influenced-by-tight-supplies/

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