# Corn Price Impact on Feeder Cattle Prices | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter

> An Ohio State Beef Cattle Letter column explains that feeder cattle prices typically move inversely to corn prices. New-crop corn has risen about $0.70 since early May on late planting and prevented planting concerns. Crop progress on July 15 showed corn 17% silked and 58% good to excellent, and noncommercial traders remained net long.

- Date: 2019-07-17 · published 2019-07-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58222-corn-price-impact-on-feeder-cattle-prices-ohio-beef-cattle-letter
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising corn prices from late planting and crop stress raise feed costs and pressure feeder cattle values. Corn prices are likely to stay firm until August planting data is released.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-05-19 | [Reviewing Feed Costs, Drought, and Feedlot Inventory \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10275-reviewing-feed-costs-drought-and-feedlot-inventory-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -5.0% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2019-06-03 | [Delayed corn planting hits feeder cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11381-delayed-corn-planting-hits-feeder-cattle.md) | -1.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-07-08 | [Higher corn futures cause feeder calf prices to dip](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58230-higher-corn-futures-cause-feeder-calf-prices-to-dip.md) | +2.0% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2018-05-14 | [Higher feed grain prices pressure cattle feeder market - Canadian Cattlemen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65129-higher-feed-grain-prices-pressure-cattle-feeder-market-canadian-cattlemen.md) | +1.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2019-06-04 | [How the late 2019 crop could impact cattle prices - Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11386-how-the-late-2019-crop-could-impact-cattle-prices-texas-and-southwestern-cattle.md) | -0.7% | -0.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-05-19 | [Reviewing Feed Costs, Drought, and Feedlot Inventory \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10275-reviewing-feed-costs-drought-and-feedlot-inventory-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -0.4% | +14.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-06-03 | [Delayed corn planting hits feeder cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11381-delayed-corn-planting-hits-feeder-cattle.md) | +3.1% | +2.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-07-08 | [Higher corn futures cause feeder calf prices to dip](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58230-higher-corn-futures-cause-feeder-calf-prices-to-dip.md) | +2.0% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- u.osu.edu: https://u.osu.edu/beef/2019/07/17/corn-price-impact-on-feeder-cattle-prices/

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