# Improvements and Cautions

> Beef Magazine describes mixed cattle market signals, with fed cattle prices at their highest since mid-2015 and cattle on feed inventories very high. Placements exceeded expectations and beef demand remains strong.

- Date: 2022-05-04 · published 2022-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41544-improvements-and-cautions
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

High feedlot inventories weigh on near-term prices, while tightening future beef supplies from heifer retention and cow culling support longer-term values.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-12-31 | [Ag producers see improved prices in November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55595-ag-producers-see-improved-prices-in-november.md) | +1.8% | +0.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-02-18 | [Adjustments in Meat Production and Price Estimates - Southeast AgNET](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60709-adjustments-in-meat-production-and-price-estimates-southeast-agnet.md) | +0.8% | +2.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-06 | [Implications of the 2016 fall run](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73121-implications-of-the-2016-fall-run.md) | +1.1% | +2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-04-23 | [Higher cow slaughter and shift in fed cattle slaughter \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47537-higher-cow-slaughter-and-shift-in-fed-cattle-slaughter-ag-proud.md) | +0.2% | -1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-11-20 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7972-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -2.9% | -5.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-01-29 | [Improved calf price data available for Iowa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49298-improved-calf-price-data-available-for-iowa.md) | +2.8% | +2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-04-01 | [Corn Costs and Cattle Placement Weights \| UNL Beef \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7627-corn-costs-and-cattle-placement-weights-unl-beef-nebraska.md) | +0.3% | +0.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-01-06 | [Implications of the 2016 fall run](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73121-implications-of-the-2016-fall-run.md) | +1.6% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/market-news/improvements-and-cautions

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Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.