# Livestock Marketing Information Center explains dairy liquidation impacts on cull cow prices – Wyoming Livestock Roundup

> Livestock Marketing Information Center economist Jim Robb says cull cow prices dipped below 40 cents as ranchers compete with dairy herd liquidators. He also reports that China's tariff on hides and U.S. retaliatory leather tariffs have pushed down the value of beef by-products.

- Date: 2019-03-22 · published 2019-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60228-livestock-marketing-information-center-explains-dairy-liquidation-impacts-on
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Dairy herd liquidation and weaker by-product values from tariffs pressure cull cow and hide prices, reducing returns on beef cow and cattle slaughter values.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2016-06-18 | [Beef producers will need to watch costs with market downturn – Wyoming Livestock Roundup](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9297-beef-producers-will-need-to-watch-costs-with-market-downturn-wyoming-livestock.md) | -3.6% | -5.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-07-08 | [Global perspectives:Ranchers may need verification as U.S. beef expansion looks toward export markets – Wyoming Livestock Roundup](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69922-global-perspectives-ranchers-may-need-verification-as-u-s-beef-expansion-looks.md) | +0.9% | -0.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-21 | [Potential impacts of the Mexican border reopening  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21901-potential-impacts-of-the-mexican-border-reopening-western-livestock-journal.md) | -1.5% | +4.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-24 | [CME : Feeder Cattle futures led livestock sell-off on import news. \| MarketScreener UAE Emirates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8345-cme-feeder-cattle-futures-led-livestock-sell-off-on-import-news-marketscreener.md) | -1.6% | -2.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-10-25 | [Phased reopening of southern border to livestock imports continues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17079-phased-reopening-of-southern-border-to-livestock-imports-continues.md) | -0.7% | — |

## Sources

- wylr.net: https://www.wylr.net/2019/03/22/livestock-marketing-information-center-explains-dairy-liquidation-impacts-on-cull-cow-prices/

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