# Cattle futures higher ahead of Friday reports - Brownfield Ag News

> CME live and feeder cattle closed higher ahead of USDA's semi-annual Cattle Inventory and Cattle on Feed reports. Cash cattle trade was quiet, with live deals mostly around $136 and feeder cattle futures up more than $3.

- Date: 2022-07-22 · published 2022-07-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40617-cattle-futures-higher-ahead-of-friday-reports-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Tight feeder supply and strong futures support higher cattle prices, with the pending USDA reports seen as neutral to supportive; corn's decline also helped feeder futures.

## Read by commodity

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

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/blog/market-news/cattle-futures-higher-ahead-of-friday-reports/

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