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CME live and feeder cattle futures fell to life-of-contract lows on March 9, 2020, with feeder cattle limit down, after crude oil's biggest daily rout since 1991 as Saudi Arabia and Russia began a price war. The Dow fell over 2,000 points on recession fears tied to coronavirus.
Oil-driven equity selloff and fears of reduced consumer demand for beef push cattle values lower, weakening feedlot demand for feed.
agcanada.comAGCanadaMar 9, 2020After 14 past geopolitics events, Live Cattle moved a median -0.5% over 5 sessions (21% higher; middle half -1.3% to -0.0%), and +0.2% over 20.
After 10 past bearish geopolitics events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -1.9% to +2.8%), and +0.7% over 20.
After 255 past bearish geopolitics events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median -2.4% over 5 sessions (31% higher; middle half -7.0% to +1.7%), and -5.0% over 20.
After 250 past bearish geopolitics events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median -3.1% over 5 sessions (36% higher; middle half -7.9% to +1.6%), and -5.5% over 20.
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.
On March 9, 2020 CME live and feeder cattle fell to life-of-contract lows as the crude oil rout and a 2,000-point Dow drop on coronavirus recession fears drove a risk-off sentiment selloff in cattle futures.
On March 9 feeder futures went limit down as the oil price war and equity rout fueled recession fears, a sentiment shock inside the 5-day window.
March 9 crude oil collapse and equity rout pushed live and feeder cattle to contract lows with limit-down moves, a sentiment-driven selloff within the window.
Earlier March 9 selloff tied to the oil rout and equity crash shows the macro risk-off channel that pressured feeder futures and likely carried into March 12.
