# Beef production up on expected heavier dressed weights and higher fed cattle slaughter - Progressive Cattle | Ag Proud

> USDA ERS economists raised their 2021 US beef production forecast by 53 million pounds, citing heavier carcass weights and faster fed cattle slaughter. The 2022 production forecast was also revised slightly higher. Cow slaughter is running faster than a year earlier.

- Date: 2021-12-24 · published 2021-12-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43547-beef-production-up-on-expected-heavier-dressed-weights-and-higher-fed-cattle
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher beef output from heavier carcasses adds supply to the market, which weighs on cattle prices. Feedlot cattle demand may soften as slaughter pace picks up.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-02-25 | [2016 beef production bolstered by increased slaughter, higher dressed weights - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72625-2016-beef-production-bolstered-by-increased-slaughter-higher-dressed-weights.md) | -1.3% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-11-24 | [Higher cow slaughter and carcass weights raise 2021 beef production forecast - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44002-higher-cow-slaughter-and-carcass-weights-raise-2021-beef-production-forecast.md) | +2.1% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-05-24 | [Higher expected cow slaughter partly offsets lower weights - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5757-higher-expected-cow-slaughter-partly-offsets-lower-weights-progressive-cattle.md) | -1.4% | -3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-04-25 | [Beef production continues to be down in 2022 - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41788-beef-production-continues-to-be-down-in-2022-progressive-cattle-ag-proud.md) | +0.5% | -3.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-09-23 | [Higher fed cattle marketings to lift 2023 production \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39727-higher-fed-cattle-marketings-to-lift-2023-production-ag-proud.md) | +0.4% | +3.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-02-25 | [2016 beef production bolstered by increased slaughter, higher dressed weights - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72625-2016-beef-production-bolstered-by-increased-slaughter-higher-dressed-weights.md) | +2.1% | +9.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-04-25 | [Beef production continues to be down in 2022 - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41788-beef-production-continues-to-be-down-in-2022-progressive-cattle-ag-proud.md) | -1.0% | -2.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-02-25 | [Pace of slaughter stays strong in fourth-quarter 2019 - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54547-pace-of-slaughter-stays-strong-in-fourth-quarter-2019-progressive-cattle-ag.md) | -1.7% | -7.9% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/53347-beef-production-up-on-expected-heavier-dressed-weights-and-higher-fed-cattle-slaughter

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