# Deepening the cash pool for fed cattle

> Beef Magazine discusses the thin cash fed cattle market, where roughly 20% to 25% of fed cattle trade occurs in the spot cash market. It argues that more cash trade would improve price discovery without government intervention.

- Date: 2020-06-03 · published 2020-06-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52766-deepening-the-cash-pool-for-fed-cattle
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Formula pricing for fed cattle relies on the cash price, so a thin cash market raises the risk of mispriced contracts but does not move prices by itself.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-market-outlook/deepening-the-cash-pool-for-fed-cattle

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