# January-August 2020 Live Cattle Imports Larger Than in Same Period Last Year, Hog Imports Flat

> USDA's Economic Research Service reported that US live cattle imports for January through August 2020 were larger than in the same period of 2019, while hog imports were flat. The release is a chart-based data note.

- Date: 2020-10-16 · published 2020-10-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50585-january-august-2020-live-cattle-imports-larger-than-in-same-period-last-year
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher live cattle imports add supply to the US feeder and fed cattle complex, which can modestly pressure cattle prices; flat hog imports have little price effect.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-03-27 | [Fed cattle supplies remain larger than a year ago \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31322-fed-cattle-supplies-remain-larger-than-a-year-ago-ag-proud.md) | -0.9% | -2.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-12-22 | [Dec. 1 Cattle on Feed Increase More Than Expected, Up 3% From Last Year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32834-dec-1-cattle-on-feed-increase-more-than-expected-up-3-from-last-year.md) | +0.7% | +2.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-09-24 | [U.S. livestock: CME hogs rise, live cattle slip ahead of USDA reports - Canadian Cattlemen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45190-u-s-livestock-cme-hogs-rise-live-cattle-slip-ahead-of-usda-reports-canadian.md) | -1.2% | +0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-05-27 | [USDA reports second largest inventory of cattle on feed since 1996](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4968-usda-reports-second-largest-inventory-of-cattle-on-feed-since-1996.md) | +0.3% | +3.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-02-02 | [CattleFax: Large supply and strong demand in 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66626-cattlefax-large-supply-and-strong-demand-in-2018.md) | -0.5% | -0.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-02-04 | [January Cattle Inventory and Cattle on Feed Reports \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48571-january-cattle-inventory-and-cattle-on-feed-reports-farm-bureau-intel-markets.md) | +0.7% | -2.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-05-27 | [USDA reports second largest inventory of cattle on feed since 1996](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4968-usda-reports-second-largest-inventory-of-cattle-on-feed-since-1996.md) | +12.1% | +15.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-06-17 | [Live cattle, hogs sharply lower heading into Friday - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6260-live-cattle-hogs-sharply-lower-heading-into-friday-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.3% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- ers.usda.gov: https://ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/chart-detail?chartId=99607

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