# The Price of Beef and the Price of Cattle | Feedlot Special | feedlotmagazine.com

> An article on beef pricing says the Big 4 packers control over 80% of US beef processing and have seen large profit gains, while live cattle prices remain low. It notes past calls for federal antitrust intervention in the meatpacking industry.

- Date: 2022-02-16 · published 2022-02-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42825-the-price-of-beef-and-the-price-of-cattle-feedlot-special-feedlotmagazine-com
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Packer concentration and possible federal intervention could shift the division of margins between packers and cattle producers, affecting cattle price direction over time.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-09-20 | [CME Reduces Price Limits In Cattle Contracts \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28436-cme-reduces-price-limits-in-cattle-contracts-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | +1.7% | +3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-09-24 | [What’s the relationship between U.S. and Canada feeder cattle?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57033-what-s-the-relationship-between-u-s-and-canada-feeder-cattle.md) | +2.8% | +8.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-25 | [Cattle prices investigated - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48256-cattle-prices-investigated-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | +1.4% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-10-01 | [Biden v Big Meat: Can the US tackle rising beef prices?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44702-biden-v-big-meat-can-the-us-tackle-rising-beef-prices.md) | +1.5% | +1.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-01-31 | [Cash trade vs. fed cattle basis; what’s the deal?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61218-cash-trade-vs-fed-cattle-basis-what-s-the-deal.md) | +0.3% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- feedlotmagazine.com: https://www.feedlotmagazine.com/news/feedlot_special/the-price-of-beef-and-the-price-of-cattle/article_b69b6c2e-89e6-11ec-ae86-a3a978e953d1.html

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