# Feeder steer boom cuts into bull supply | The Western Producer

> Record feeder steer prices, near $2,000 per head for calves, are drawing purebred bull producers to sell more animals as feeders instead of breeding stock. Some bull sales this spring have been slower than feeder calf prices.

- Date: 2023-05-25 · published 2023-05-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4502-feeder-steer-boom-cuts-into-bull-supply-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher feeder calf values reflect tight cattle supplies and support feeder cattle prices through the fall.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/news/feeder-steer-boom-cuts-into-bull-supply/

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