# Backlog weighs on cattle feeders - Manitoba Co-operator

> Western Canadian fed cattle producers describe a difficult 2022 caused by COVID-era processing backlogs, record feedlot numbers, and labour shortages. Cattle were not moved on time, leading to heavier-than-normal carcass weights that added beef tonnage to the system.

- Date: 2023-01-25 · published 2023-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37925-backlog-weighs-on-cattle-feeders-manitoba-co-operator
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Extra beef tonnage from heavy carcasses and delayed marketings weighs on fed cattle prices and feedlot profitability in Western Canada.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- manitobacooperator.ca: https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/livestock/backlog-weighs-on-cattle-feeders/

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