# How cattle prices and beef demand interact

> Derrell Peel explains how final consumer demand for beef sets carcass values, which then determine fed cattle, feeder cattle and calf prices in sequence. He describes beef demand as the net result of many products moving through retail, foodservice and export channels.

- Date: 2019-05-08 · published 2019-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59211-how-cattle-prices-and-beef-demand-interact
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The article is a conceptual explainer on how beef demand flows back to livestock prices. It does not report a new event that would move feed demand or prices on its own.

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-pricing/how-cattle-prices-and-beef-demand-interact

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