# Could This Be the Week When the Cattle Market Jolts Higher?

> A DTN analyst argues the cattle market could see a breakout week ahead of the January inventory report. The beef cow herd is expected to fall below 29 million head, a record low. Commentary centers on how cow-calf producers and feedlots may gain pricing leverage through 2023 to 2025.

- Date: 2023-01-30 · published 2023-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37929-could-this-be-the-week-when-the-cattle-market-jolts-higher
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations of a historically low beef cow herd support higher live and feeder cattle prices as the market prices in tighter future supply.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/AG/blogs/sort-cull/blog-post/2023/01/30/week-cattle-market-jolts-higher

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