# National feeder and stocker cattle report | Capital Press

> USDA Federal-State market news reports receipts of 235,000 head for the week, with steers and heifers sold $2-7 lower. Drought covers over 75 percent of the country, prompting early calf shipments, while new-crop corn prices rose and raised feeding cost concerns.

- Date: 2022-09-30 · published 2022-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39716-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Higher new-crop corn prices and expanding drought increase feeding costs and push early calf marketings, which tightens feed demand dynamics for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-10-02 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50776-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -1.1% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2021-02-08 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48788-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -2.3% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2022-03-01 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42438-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +4.7% | +12.1% |
| CORN | 2018-05-14 | [Higher feed grain prices pressure cattle feeder market - Canadian Cattlemen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65129-higher-feed-grain-prices-pressure-cattle-feeder-market-canadian-cattlemen.md) | +1.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2024-11-11 | [Condition Ratings and Feeder Steer Prices \| Management \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27558-condition-ratings-and-feeder-steer-prices-management-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | -1.2% | -0.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-01-31 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6703-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -4.6% | -7.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-12-07 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61707-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +2.6% | +1.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-07-27 | [Klassen: Feed barley rally pressures feeder cattle market - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12494-klassen-feed-barley-rally-pressures-feeder-cattle-market-agcanada.md) | -2.4% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2022/09/30/national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-162/

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