# US beef production challenges: past, present and future
						 | The Cattle Site

> Analyst Timothy Wier, citing Canfax's Brian Perillat, says U.S. cattle prices have stayed low despite strong beef cutout values of $350-360. Drought has raised feed costs and producers face difficult decisions on feed and marketing. The beef-to-pork price ratio has risen because of pork market disruptions linked to African swine fever in China.

- Date: 2021-10-27 · published 2021-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44493-us-beef-production-challenges-past-present-and-future-the-cattle-site
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Low cattle prices combined with drought-driven feed costs squeeze feedlot margins and can slow placements, which affects demand for feed grains and byproducts.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- thecattlesite.com: https://www.thecattlesite.com/news/57596/us-beef-production-challenges-past-present-and-future

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