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A Purdue University analysis examines how higher corn prices affect cattle finishing net returns. Corn July futures rose from $4.68 to $6.93 per bushel by mid-May 2021, and the US stocks-to-use ratio was only 8.5 percent.
Higher corn raises feeding cost of gain, squeezing feedlot margins and reducing cattle placements and demand for feed. The tight corn balance keeps feed-cost risk elevated.
agrimarketing.comMay 24, 2021After 151 past bullish macro events, Corn moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -0.9% to +1.4%), and -0.3% over 20.
After 37 past bearish macro events, Live Cattle moved a median -1.1% over 5 sessions (30% higher; middle half -4.3% to +0.4%), and -0.4% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
