# What Are Video Auctions and CME Futures Telling Us About Fall Feeder Cattle Prices? | News | feedlotmagazine.com

> Elliott Dennis discusses how video auctions and CME feeder cattle futures indicate fall 2021 feeder prices. He cites worsening Western US drought forcing earlier cattle marketing and higher grain prices from low stocks and global corn production concerns, both of which can lower feeder prices.

- Date: 2021-09-10 · published 2021-09-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45195-what-are-video-auctions-and-cme-futures-telling-us-about-fall-feeder-cattle
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Increased feeder supply from drought-driven early sales and weaker feedlot demand from higher corn costs point to lower feeder cattle prices this fall. Feed buyers face a costlier grain input.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2021-07-30 | [What Are Video Auctions and CME Futures Telling Us About Fall Feeder Cattle Prices? \| Center for Agricultural Profitability \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46209-what-are-video-auctions-and-cme-futures-telling-us-about-fall-feeder-cattle.md) | -0.5% | +0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-07-08 | [Higher corn futures cause feeder calf prices to dip](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58230-higher-corn-futures-cause-feeder-calf-prices-to-dip.md) | +2.0% | +0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-09-30 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39716-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -0.1% | 0.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-01-31 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6703-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -4.6% | -7.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-12-07 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61707-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +2.6% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2021-07-30 | [What Are Video Auctions and CME Futures Telling Us About Fall Feeder Cattle Prices? \| Center for Agricultural Profitability \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46209-what-are-video-auctions-and-cme-futures-telling-us-about-fall-feeder-cattle.md) | -0.1% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2024-11-11 | [Condition Ratings and Feeder Steer Prices \| Management \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27558-condition-ratings-and-feeder-steer-prices-management-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | -1.2% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2024-08-23 | [Wheat prices in Ukraine fall under pressure from falling world prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28813-wheat-prices-in-ukraine-fall-under-pressure-from-falling-world-prices.md) | +0.2% | +6.1% |

## Sources

- feedlotmagazine.com: https://www.feedlotmagazine.com/news/what-are-video-auctions-and-cme-futures-telling-us-about-fall-feeder-cattle-prices/article_dc4bb0da-102b-11ec-8a83-e7595112c5d6.html

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