# Call the Market

> A DTN analyst commentary describes a cattle market hit by the Holcomb packing plant fire, COVID-19 disruptions, and packing restrictions, with fat cattle sold below $1 and record boxed beef prices. The analyst expects conditions may worsen before improving.

- Date: 2020-06-24 · published 2020-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52749-call-the-market
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent packer capacity constraints and a wide gap between cattle and boxed beef values keep pressure on live cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/livestock/article/2020/06/24/variables-volatile-uranium

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