# Pandemic Widens Gulf Between Packers and Producers | SDPB

> A report describes how a pandemic-era packer concentration and captive supply leave cattle producers with lower prices while the big four packers post strong profits. Producers say they are losing money on calves and feeder cattle.

- Date: 2020-06-01 · published 2020-06-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52750-pandemic-widens-gulf-between-packers-and-producers-sdpb
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Packer dominance over negotiated cash trade depresses cattle prices paid to producers, which keeps feeder and fed cattle values under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- sdpb.org: https://www.sdpb.org/news-and-information/2020-06-01/pandemic-widens-gulf-between-packers-and-producers

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