# March | 2019 | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter | Page 2

> An Ohio State cattle letter invites producers to a NAHMS feedlot health survey running through April 7. It also reports USDA data showing US beef cow numbers grew about 1% in 2019 after a roughly 10% rise since 2014.

- Date: 2019-03-20 · published 2019-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60059-march-2019-ohio-beef-cattle-letter-page-2
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Continued beef herd expansion points to more beef supply over time, which is mildly bearish for cattle prices, though the survey itself has no direct price effect.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-11-29 | [Cattle on Feed \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68120-cattle-on-feed-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -0.7% | +1.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-01 | [USDA beefs up fed cattle price reporting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73130-usda-beefs-up-fed-cattle-price-reporting.md) | -0.8% | +2.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-11-22 | [Cattle Current Weekly Highlights—Week ending Nov. 22, 2019 – Cattle Current Market Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7035-cattle-current-weekly-highlights-week-ending-nov-22-2019-cattle-current-market.md) | +1.1% | +2.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-03-02 | [Weekly Cattle Market Wrap Up \| Feeder cattle move off wheat pastures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6024-weekly-cattle-market-wrap-up-feeder-cattle-move-off-wheat-pastures.md) | -0.5% | +4.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-12-12 | [Is the Spring 2023 Cash Cattle Market Pegged Correctly?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38173-is-the-spring-2023-cash-cattle-market-pegged-correctly.md) | +0.2% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- u.osu.edu: https://u.osu.edu/beef/2019/03/page/2/

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