# Price disparity magnified; live cattle prices plummet while boxed beef prices soar - Northern Wyoming News

> Wyoming ranchers face losses as feeder cattle prices dipped to $110 per hundredweight in March, $25 below the five-year average, while boxed beef prices rose. Ranchers say the price gap between producers and packers threatens break-even years.

- Date: 2020-04-16 · published 2020-04-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53786-price-disparity-magnified-live-cattle-prices-plummet-while-boxed-beef-prices
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Weak feeder prices reduce calf values and signal lower future feedlot placement prices, while the packer-producer spread highlights the squeeze on cattle supply.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- wyodaily.com: https://www.wyodaily.com/story/2020/04/16/news/price-disparity-magnified-live-cattle-prices-plummet-while-boxed-beef-prices-soar/10576.html

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