# Is This a Fall Pricing Opportunity for Feeders? | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter

> Drought has intensified across the Southern Plains and Southeast, driving beef cow slaughter 14% above last year. Cattle on feed have been higher because cattle were placed sooner, while beef exports run more than 5% above 2021 levels.

- Date: 2022-07-20 · published 2022-07-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40620-is-this-a-fall-pricing-opportunity-for-feeders-ohio-beef-cattle-letter
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Continued culling and drought-driven supply losses are expected to tighten the cattle supply further, supporting higher feeder cattle prices into fall.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2022-10-31 | [Is the Feeder Cattle Run for the Year Over Already?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39261-is-the-feeder-cattle-run-for-the-year-over-already.md) | -0.0% | -0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-22 | [Trump calls for cheaper cattle, more grazing lands in effort to trim beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6336-trump-calls-for-cheaper-cattle-more-grazing-lands-in-effort-to-trim-beef-prices.md) | -7.7% | -8.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-11 | [Why beef prices have been rising this fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27540-why-beef-prices-have-been-rising-this-fall.md) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-02-14 | [Feeder cattle prices explode, as the restocker/lotfeeder challenge builds - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54724-feeder-cattle-prices-explode-as-the-restocker-lotfeeder-challenge-builds-beef.md) | +2.8% | -17.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-05-29 | [Feeder Cattle Prices Supported by Tight Supplies and Excellent Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5225-feeder-cattle-prices-supported-by-tight-supplies-and-excellent-demand.md) | +3.7% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-22 | [Trump calls for cheaper cattle, more grazing lands in effort to trim beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6336-trump-calls-for-cheaper-cattle-more-grazing-lands-in-effort-to-trim-beef-prices.md) | -3.8% | -7.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-11-11 | [Why beef prices have been rising this fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27540-why-beef-prices-have-been-rising-this-fall.md) | -1.1% | +1.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-05-29 | [Feeder Cattle Prices Supported by Tight Supplies and Excellent Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5225-feeder-cattle-prices-supported-by-tight-supplies-and-excellent-demand.md) | +3.5% | +5.8% |

## Sources

- u.osu.edu: https://u.osu.edu/beef/2022/07/20/is-this-a-fall-pricing-opportunity-for-feeders/

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