# Cattle feeders look for market fix

> Cattle feeders are seeking changes to cash cattle markets, and a new bill in Congress would force additional negotiated cash cattle trade. The short article focuses on feeder frustration with current price discovery.

- Date: 2020-05-30 · published 2020-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53278-cattle-feeders-look-for-market-fix
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A mandate for more negotiated cash trade could improve fed cattle price transparency and affect how feeder and fed cattle prices are set.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-06-21 | [CFTC fines U.S. cattle futures traders $5 million](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70628-cftc-fines-u-s-cattle-futures-traders-5-million.md) | -3.7% | -5.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-06-28 | [Cattle Producers and Lawmakers Delve Into Problems With Markets and Packers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46712-cattle-producers-and-lawmakers-delve-into-problems-with-markets-and-packers.md) | +0.7% | -0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-05-19 | [Livestock groups unite on need to address cattle markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47227-livestock-groups-unite-on-need-to-address-cattle-markets.md) | -0.0% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-04-28 | [Cattle markets take center stage in ag committees](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41983-cattle-markets-take-center-stage-in-ag-committees.md) | -1.2% | -3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-07 | [For Argentine farmers, Milei's free-market reforms fall short](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13842-for-argentine-farmers-milei-s-free-market-reforms-fall-short.md) | -0.4% | +0.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-06-28 | [Cattle Producers and Lawmakers Delve Into Problems With Markets and Packers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46712-cattle-producers-and-lawmakers-delve-into-problems-with-markets-and-packers.md) | -1.6% | +1.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-05-19 | [Livestock groups unite on need to address cattle markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47227-livestock-groups-unite-on-need-to-address-cattle-markets.md) | -0.4% | +14.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-06-21 | [CFTC fines U.S. cattle futures traders $5 million](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70628-cftc-fines-u-s-cattle-futures-traders-5-million.md) | +0.7% | +7.3% |

## Sources

- inforum.com: https://www.inforum.com/business/cattle-feeders-look-for-market-fix

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