# Markets Expected to Continue Strong; Leverage Shift on the Horizon - Southeast AgNET

> At the CattleFax Outlook Seminar in New Orleans, Creighton professor Art Douglas said El Niño will fade during the first half of 2019, turning the eastern US drier and making summer wetter in the southern US. CattleFax analyst Kevin Good expects cattle prices to stay strong but margins to compress, shifting leverage toward feedlots.

- Date: 2019-01-31 · published 2019-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61021-markets-expected-to-continue-strong-leverage-shift-on-the-horizon-southeast
- 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

Tighter feedlot margins and stronger cattle demand for feed could support corn and feed grain demand, while the weather outlook affects spring planting risk.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-02-06 | [Strong demand, leverage shift adds optimism for year ahead \| TSLN.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54715-strong-demand-leverage-shift-adds-optimism-for-year-ahead-tsln-com.md) | -1.2% | -6.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-07-28 | [Fewer cattle expected as cow herds shrink due to drought \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40618-fewer-cattle-expected-as-cow-herds-shrink-due-to-drought-the-western-producer.md) | -0.1% | +3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-02-06 | [CattleFax Forecasts Continued Strong Demand and High Price Outlook for Cattle Producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26180-cattlefax-forecasts-continued-strong-demand-and-high-price-outlook-for-cattle.md) | -1.7% | -4.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-11-02 | [Terrain \| Drought-forced Cattle Movement Expected to Impact Markets into 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7228-terrain-drought-forced-cattle-movement-expected-to-impact-markets-into-2023.md) | +0.4% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-02-12 | [Drought relief expected to help grain and cattle outlook - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66423-drought-relief-expected-to-help-grain-and-cattle-outlook-high-plains-journal.md) | +1.5% | -1.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-07-28 | [Fewer cattle expected as cow herds shrink due to drought \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40618-fewer-cattle-expected-as-cow-herds-shrink-due-to-drought-the-western-producer.md) | +0.1% | +1.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-02-06 | [CattleFax Forecasts Continued Strong Demand and High Price Outlook for Cattle Producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26180-cattlefax-forecasts-continued-strong-demand-and-high-price-outlook-for-cattle.md) | -2.1% | +1.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-09-28 | [Midwest continues to see dry weather \| Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68800-midwest-continues-to-see-dry-weather-iowa-agribusiness-radio-network.md) | -0.2% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- southeastagnet.com: https://southeastagnet.com/2019/01/31/markets-strong-leverage-shift-horizon/

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