# What's in Store for the 2022 Feeder Cattle Market?

> DTN's ShayLe Stewart outlines the 2022 feeder cattle outlook, noting beef cow slaughter of 1,413,300 head year to date, 179,100 above a year earlier and 309,800 above the five-year average. She cites Russia's war in Ukraine, Western drought, corn prices, feedlot costs, a weakening economy and rising inflation as volatile factors.

- Date: 2022-05-25 · published 2022-05-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5071-what-s-in-store-for-the-2022-feeder-cattle-market
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy cow culling signals a shrinking breeding herd that tightens future feeder supply and supports cattle prices, while inflation and feed costs pressure feedlot margins.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-09-19 | [What is Next for the Cattle Markets? - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28453-what-is-next-for-the-cattle-markets-proag.md) | +1.9% | +3.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-07-19 | [Comparing the current feeder cattle market to 2014 and 2015](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35184-comparing-the-current-feeder-cattle-market-to-2014-and-2015.md) | -0.3% | -0.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-05-31 | [The Cattle and Beef Margin Squeeze: Peel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5226-the-cattle-and-beef-margin-squeeze-peel.md) | +4.1% | +4.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-04-28 | [Long-Term Outlook Bullish for Cattle Into 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36525-long-term-outlook-bullish-for-cattle-into-2025.md) | -4.4% | -3.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-01-24 | [Optimism, higher cattle prices to start 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43088-optimism-higher-cattle-prices-to-start-2022.md) | +0.6% | +3.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-09-19 | [What is Next for the Cattle Markets? - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28453-what-is-next-for-the-cattle-markets-proag.md) | +1.1% | +1.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-07-19 | [Comparing the current feeder cattle market to 2014 and 2015](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35184-comparing-the-current-feeder-cattle-market-to-2014-and-2015.md) | -1.9% | -0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-05-31 | [The Cattle and Beef Margin Squeeze: Peel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5226-the-cattle-and-beef-margin-squeeze-peel.md) | -0.0% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2022/05/25/store-2022-feeder-cattle-market

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