# Feeder calves just $6

> Test auction volume rose to 31,700 head from 23,000 the prior week, and feeder yearlings gained $1-4 while calves and thin yearlings gained $6-9. Recent rain and snow improved wheat pastures and the outlook for the native grass grazing season. Slaughter cow prices also rebounded.

- Date: 2020-02-21 · published 2020-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54728-feeder-calves-just-6
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Improved grazing prospects support demand for feeder calves and yearlings ahead of the Flint Hills season, lifting feeder prices. Better pasture conditions can also ease pressure on feed demand later in the spring.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2023-03-27 | [Spring Moisture Drives Feeder Cattle Contracts Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5596-spring-moisture-drives-feeder-cattle-contracts-higher.md) | +5.9% | +6.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-10-31 | [Is the Feeder Cattle Run for the Year Over Already?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39261-is-the-feeder-cattle-run-for-the-year-over-already.md) | -0.0% | -0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-01-01 | [Feeder cattle market: Prices ending 2024 on higher note](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27086-feeder-cattle-market-prices-ending-2024-on-higher-note.md) | +1.0% | +7.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-07-15 | [Pete's Comments: Feeder cattle on a roll \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40621-pete-s-comments-feeder-cattle-on-a-roll-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.3% | +0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-04-19 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5964-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -1.2% | -7.7% |

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-market-outlook/feeder-calves-jump-higher-on-spring-grazing-prospects

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