# Higher expected cow slaughter partly offsets lower weights - Progressive Cattle | Ag Proud

> USDA ERS expects cow slaughter above 2018 levels, especially dairy cows, and lowered its 2019 live cutter cow price forecast to $52 to $54 per cwt. Steer and heifer carcass weights are down 7 and 8 pounds year over year, and average carcass weights are down 12 pounds.

- Date: 2019-05-24 · published 2019-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5757-higher-expected-cow-slaughter-partly-offsets-lower-weights-progressive-cattle
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Heavier cull cow supplies keep cutter cow prices under pressure, and lighter carcass weights reduce beef tonnage, so the net effect on fed cattle prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-12-24 | [Beef production up on expected heavier dressed weights and higher fed cattle slaughter - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43547-beef-production-up-on-expected-heavier-dressed-weights-and-higher-fed-cattle.md) | +0.1% | +0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-11-24 | [Higher cow slaughter and carcass weights raise 2021 beef production forecast - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44002-higher-cow-slaughter-and-carcass-weights-raise-2021-beef-production-forecast.md) | +2.1% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-02-25 | [2016 beef production bolstered by increased slaughter, higher dressed weights - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72625-2016-beef-production-bolstered-by-increased-slaughter-higher-dressed-weights.md) | -1.3% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-02-25 | [Pace of slaughter stays strong in fourth-quarter 2019 - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54547-pace-of-slaughter-stays-strong-in-fourth-quarter-2019-progressive-cattle-ag.md) | -5.0% | -10.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2016-12-23 | [Cattle prices declined in October - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73417-cattle-prices-declined-in-october-progressive-cattle-ag-proud.md) | +3.7% | +6.4% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/52529-higher-expected-cow-slaughter-partly-offsets-lower-weights

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