# Cattle Current Weekly Highlights—Week ending March 29, 2019 – Cattle Current Market Update

> Cash steers and heifers traded steady to $5/cwt higher for the week ending March 29, 2019, according to AMS, despite pressure from the Cattle on Feed report and lower lean hog futures. Feeder cattle futures closed an average of $2.55 lower week to week. Analysts noted wet pastures were drying enough for repairs and fertilizing.

- Date: 2019-03-31 · published 2019-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60229-cattle-current-weekly-highlights-week-ending-march-29-2019-cattle-current
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Cattle prices held firm on cash trade while futures softened, leaving feeder cattle values sensitive to spring pasture conditions and feeding demand. Bearish corn reports from USDA may ease feed costs for feedlots.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-04-01 | 1 | -1.0% | -3.1 | Week-ending March 29 recap notes Cattle on Feed report pressure, lower lean hog futures and feeder futures down $2.55, which is bearish sentiment carrying into the April 1 session. |

## Sources

- cattlecurrent.com: https://cattlecurrent.com/cattle-current-weekly-highlights-week-ending-mar-29-2019/

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Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.