# National feeder and stocker cattle report | Capital Press

> The USDA Federal-State report for Feb. 8 shows 270,200 feeder and stocker cattle receipts, down from 292,400 last week. Demand for grazing calves was good, while an Arctic blast is expected to raise cattle energy needs on the Plains. Fed cattle sold at 114.00 in the Southern Plains.

- Date: 2021-02-08 · published 2021-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48788-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Cold weather increases cattle maintenance feed needs and cuts gains, which can affect feed demand and feedlot buying decisions for feeders.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2022-03-01 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42438-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -2.0% | -1.0% |
| FCATTLE | 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) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-07-29 | [Feeder Cattle Future Price Spreads: Opportunities to Hedge? \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52254-feeder-cattle-future-price-spreads-opportunities-to-hedge-ohio-beef-cattle.md) | +2.8% | +1.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-10-18 | [Cow-Calf Corner: Higher feed prices this winter - Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44688-cow-calf-corner-higher-feed-prices-this-winter-texas-and-southwestern-cattle.md) | -1.4% | -0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-03-02 | [Fed cattle prices climb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60221-fed-cattle-prices-climb.md) | +1.9% | +2.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-07-29 | [Feeder Cattle Future Price Spreads: Opportunities to Hedge? \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52254-feeder-cattle-future-price-spreads-opportunities-to-hedge-ohio-beef-cattle.md) | +1.4% | +7.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-10-18 | [Cow-Calf Corner: Higher feed prices this winter - Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44688-cow-calf-corner-higher-feed-prices-this-winter-texas-and-southwestern-cattle.md) | -0.4% | +5.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-10-08 | [Development of wheat pasture could mute seasonal low of feeder cattle prices \| Oklahoma State University](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62697-development-of-wheat-pasture-could-mute-seasonal-low-of-feeder-cattle-prices.md) | -0.5% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2021/02/08/national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-243/

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