# Cattle Current Weekly Highlights—Week ending May 24, 2019 – Cattle Current Market Update

> Widespread heavy rain and flooding disrupted calf and feeder cattle marketing and left soils waterlogged across much of the country. Swollen Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers largely halted barge traffic, and only 49% of corn was planted as of May 19, well behind last year and the five-year average.

- Date: 2019-05-24 · published 2019-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5752-cattle-current-weekly-highlights-week-ending-may-24-2019-cattle-current-market
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Planting delays raise the risk of lower early corn supply and firmer corn prices, while barge disruption raises freight costs and can limit grain movement. Heavier beef output and weaker cattle prices add pressure on the cattle side.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2019-05-30 | 5 | -7.1% | -3.7 | Flooding disrupted feeder marketing and delayed corn planting (49% planted), lifting feed cost expectations that pressure feeder prices. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-05-30 | [Weekly Market Highlights – Cattle Current Market Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9900-weekly-market-highlights-cattle-current-market-update.md) | -0.2% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2019-05-24 | [Grain market week in review - May 24, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10897-grain-market-week-in-review-may-24-2019.md) | +7.1% | +10.0% |
| CORN | 2020-08-28 | [Farming News - ADM Wheat & OSR weekly market update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51661-farming-news-adm-wheat-and-osr-weekly-market-update.md) | +0.0% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2025-02-28 | [W8 2025: Maize Weekly Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26086-w8-2025-maize-weekly-update.md) | -2.4% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2024-06-01 | [May 2024 ENSO update: we’re 10!](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30148-may-2024-enso-update-we-re-10.md) | -1.6% | -6.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-06-03 | [Agri Marketing Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11385-agri-marketing-update.md) | -0.7% | -1.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-05-30 | [What’s the most disruptive influence in the cattle market? Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65154-what-s-the-most-disruptive-influence-in-the-cattle-market-weather.md) | +2.2% | +0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-03 | [Grain Market Pain Continues on Weather: Cattle Fall as NWS Nears - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10649-grain-market-pain-continues-on-weather-cattle-fall-as-nws-nears-agweb.md) | +0.0% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- cattlecurrent.com: https://cattlecurrent.com/cattle-current-weekly-highlights-week-ending-may-24-2019/

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