# Cattle Markets: Is There Finally Light At The End Of The Tunnel? | UGA Beef Team

> A UGA Beef Team article reviews cattle market trends, noting higher slaughter rates, lower animal weights and a smaller expected 2022 calf crop that signal tighter supply. It also provides feeder calf price projections.

- Date: 2021-10-05 · published 2021-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44694-cattle-markets-is-there-finally-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-uga-beef-team
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations of tighter cattle supply into 2022 point to firmer feeder and fed cattle prices, supporting cattle feeding margins and feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- beef.caes.uga.edu: https://beef.caes.uga.edu/news/2021/10/cattle-markets-is-there-finally-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/

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