# What Are Video Auctions and CME Futures Telling Us About Fall Feeder Cattle Prices? | Center for Agricultural Profitability | Nebraska

> A University of Nebraska analysis reviews feeder cattle price swings from March to July 2021, citing drought in the Western US, higher grain prices and strong retail demand. It uses video auctions and CME futures to outline fall feeder price expectations.

- Date: 2021-07-30 · published 2021-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46209-what-are-video-auctions-and-cme-futures-telling-us-about-fall-feeder-cattle
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-driven early marketing and high grain prices are reducing feedlot demand for feeders, which points to downward pressure on fall feeder prices. Corn costs are a key factor in feedlot demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-09-10 | [What Are Video Auctions and CME Futures Telling Us About Fall Feeder Cattle Prices? \| News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45195-what-are-video-auctions-and-cme-futures-telling-us-about-fall-feeder-cattle.md) | +1.1% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2021-06-08 | [Potential for Drought Can Impact Prices and Marketing Plans \| NDSU Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46421-potential-for-drought-can-impact-prices-and-marketing-plans-ndsu-agriculture.md) | -2.0% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2026-06-08 | [Agricultural production threatened by combination of El Niño and high input prices - Joint Research Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18726-agricultural-production-threatened-by-combination-of-el-nino-and-high-input.md) | -0.9% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2026-07-28 | [El Niño threatens agricultural production and food security across the continent; FAO advocates for timely anticipatory action](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18241-el-nino-threatens-agricultural-production-and-food-security-across-the.md) | -1.7% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2021-07-29 | [Agricultural Market: Corn, Soy, Wheat and Sunflower Seeds July 2021 VIDEO      \| CLAL News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46197-agricultural-market-corn-soy-wheat-and-sunflower-seeds-july-2021-video-clal-news.md) | -0.3% | -0.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-09-10 | [What Are Video Auctions and CME Futures Telling Us About Fall Feeder Cattle Prices? \| News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45195-what-are-video-auctions-and-cme-futures-telling-us-about-fall-feeder-cattle.md) | +0.1% | +3.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-09-10 | [Feeder and Live Cattle Markets Face Mixed Signals as Fall Approaches \| Center for Agricultural Profitability \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28435-feeder-and-live-cattle-markets-face-mixed-signals-as-fall-approaches-center-for.md) | +1.5% | +4.7% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- cap.unl.edu: https://cap.unl.edu/news/what-are-video-auctions-and-cme-futures-telling-us-about-fall-feeder-cattle-prices/

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