# Rising feed prices impact cattle markets | Western Livestock Journal

> USDA reports in late March showed corn stocks below expectations and planted acreage for 2021 below trade estimates. Cash corn in Southwest Kansas and the Texas Panhandle was $5.85-6.01 per bushel, up roughly 80% from the August 2020 low.

- Date: 2021-04-09 · published 2021-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47743-rising-feed-prices-impact-cattle-markets-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter corn stocks and lighter acreage point to continued high feed grain costs, raising feedlot cost of gain and pressuring cattle margins. Feed buyers should expect elevated ration costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-04-12 | [Feed prices will weigh on livestock budgets - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47726-feed-prices-will-weigh-on-livestock-budgets-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.9% | +25.0% |
| CORN | 2021-02-12 | [Rising feed costs may change feeder cattle market \| Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48785-rising-feed-costs-may-change-feeder-cattle-market-iowa-agribusiness-radio.md) | -1.6% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2025-04-16 | [Livestock Feed Markets Stable as World Markets Swirl \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25250-livestock-feed-markets-stable-as-world-markets-swirl-industry-news.md) | -0.8% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2022-11-18 | [Estimates suggest tighter cattle supply, higher prices \| Livestock \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38609-estimates-suggest-tighter-cattle-supply-higher-prices-livestock-farmweeknow-com.md) | -1.5% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2022-04-22 | [Herd liquidation could keep lid on cattle prices \| Livestock \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41787-herd-liquidation-could-keep-lid-on-cattle-prices-livestock-farmweeknow-com.md) | -0.2% | -2.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-10-02 | [Cattle on Feed report pushes feeders south \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50773-cattle-on-feed-report-pushes-feeders-south-western-livestock-journal.md) | -2.0% | -3.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-01-08 | [Beef cattle market: 2018 in review and a look ahead \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61217-beef-cattle-market-2018-in-review-and-a-look-ahead-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.8% | -1.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-05-23 | [Markets dally before COF report \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5753-markets-dally-before-cof-report-western-livestock-journal.md) | +2.0% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/rising-feed-prices-impact-cattle-markets/

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