# Uncertainties Abound in Nebraska Livestock Market Forecasts

> A University of Nebraska economist discusses how pandemic-era plant closures, quarantines and shifts to home consumption have made livestock price forecasts harder. Packing capacity and food service demand have partly normalized.

- Date: 2020-01-01 · published 2020-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55234-uncertainties-abound-in-nebraska-livestock-market-forecasts
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted packing and changing consumer demand alter the usual cattle price seasonality that producers rely on for marketing decisions.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.32873/unl.dc.frm.00026

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