# Cow-Calf Corner: Making decisions in turbulent markets; Avoiding body condition loss - Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association

> Live cattle futures are down more than 12% and cash fed cattle about 7.5% from levels before January's coronavirus news. Feeder futures are down nearly 11% since January, and Oklahoma 450-500 lb steer cash prices fell 6% in a week. The article frames the outbreak as a market black swan event.

- Date: 2020-03-02 · published 2020-03-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5309-cow-calf-corner-making-decisions-in-turbulent-markets-avoiding-body-condition
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Declining futures and cash prices signal weaker demand expectations for beef, pressuring feeder and fed cattle values for the coming months.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-02 | 5 | -5.0% | -3.1 | Quantifies live cattle futures drop of over 12% since the coronavirus news, framing the outbreak as the driver. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-05-16 | [Foot and mouth disease risks concern WA Livestock Exporters Association \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41342-foot-and-mouth-disease-risks-concern-wa-livestock-exporters-association-wa.md) | -0.5% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-01-01 | [Canada Blocks Texas Cattle as Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to the US After 60 Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66963-canada-blocks-texas-cattle-as-flesh-eating-screwworm-returns-to-the-us-after-60.md) | -0.4% | +1.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-04-03 | [Cattle markets are on a coronavirus roller coaster - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7267-cattle-markets-are-on-a-coronavirus-roller-coaster-high-plains-journal.md) | -2.9% | -12.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-06 | [Analyst: Cattle markets roiled by the coronavirus](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5172-analyst-cattle-markets-roiled-by-the-coronavirus.md) | -4.7% | -5.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-05-01 | [LIVESTOCK-Bird-flu testing of US ground beef sinks CME cattle futures \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5411-livestock-bird-flu-testing-of-us-ground-beef-sinks-cme-cattle-futures.md) | -1.6% | +1.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-05-16 | [Foot and mouth disease risks concern WA Livestock Exporters Association \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41342-foot-and-mouth-disease-risks-concern-wa-livestock-exporters-association-wa.md) | -2.8% | +8.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-01 | [Expansion of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and African Swine Fever Continues to Raise Global Concerns - Swineweb.com - Complete Swine News, Markets, Commentary, and Technical Info](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15901-expansion-of-foot-and-mouth-disease-and-african-swine-fever-continues-to-raise.md) | +1.6% | +5.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-01-01 | [Canada Blocks Texas Cattle as Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to the US After 60 Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66963-canada-blocks-texas-cattle-as-flesh-eating-screwworm-returns-to-the-us-after-60.md) | +0.3% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- tscra.org: https://tscra.org/cow-calf-corner-making-decisions-in-turbulent-markets-avoiding-body-condition-loss/

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