# Lighter carcass weights continue supporting market

> Calf and feeder cattle prices traded steady to slightly mixed, while fed cattle prices looked to rise. Snowstorms hurt cattle performance and feedlot demand. USDA analysts cut the 2019 feeder steer price forecast to a midpoint of $144.50 per cwt on large feedlot supplies and slower placements.

- Date: 2019-02-23 · published 2019-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60746-lighter-carcass-weights-continue-supporting-market
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A lower USDA feeder price forecast reflects heavy feedlot supplies and expected weaker placement demand, which points to softer feeder cattle prices in 2019. Higher feed costs add to the pressure on cow-calf and backgrounding margins.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2016-04-29 | [National Feeder Cattle Weekly Review 4/29/16 \| Livestock Market Reports \| lancasterfarming.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11611-national-feeder-cattle-weekly-review-4-29-16-livestock-market-reports.md) | +1.7% | +0.3% |
| FCATTLE | 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) | -2.2% | -0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-06-27 | [Beef Supply and Demand Challenges Continue \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64472-beef-supply-and-demand-challenges-continue-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +4.6% | +4.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-12-18 | [Beef Market Outlook: Heavier Weights, Price Adjustments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21647-beef-market-outlook-heavier-weights-price-adjustments.md) | +0.9% | +6.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-08-28 | [Markets slide lower on COF news \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51751-markets-slide-lower-on-cof-news-western-livestock-journal.md) | -3.1% | -1.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-01-24 | [Market Report: Cattle on feed continue to remain large - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67092-market-report-cattle-on-feed-continue-to-remain-large-progressive-cattle-ag.md) | +1.5% | +5.0% |
| 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 | 2019-01-18 | [Missing market reports now could mean trouble later - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61222-missing-market-reports-now-could-mean-trouble-later-progressive-cattle-ag-proud.md) | -0.6% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-market-outlook/lighter-carcass-weights-continue-supporting-market

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