# Beef cattle market: 2018 in review and a look ahead | Western Livestock Journal

> Mississippi State economist Josh Maples reviews 2018 beef headlines, including large supplies, record exports and trade concerns. He expects 2019 U.S. cow herd growth to be roughly flat and beef production to rise just under 2 percent.

- Date: 2019-01-08 · published 2019-01-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61217-beef-cattle-market-2018-in-review-and-a-look-ahead-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Growing beef supplies remain the main headwind to higher cattle prices, but slowing herd growth may stabilize prices later, which affects feeder cattle and beef demand for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-04-09 | [Rising feed prices impact cattle markets \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47743-rising-feed-prices-impact-cattle-markets-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.6% | -3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-05-23 | [Markets dally before COF report \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5753-markets-dally-before-cof-report-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.6% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-09 | [Cattle feeding returns faltering \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5174-cattle-feeding-returns-faltering-western-livestock-journal.md) | -5.6% | -6.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-10-03 | [Q4 outlooks look gloomy for beef industry \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56709-q4-outlooks-look-gloomy-for-beef-industry-western-livestock-journal.md) | +2.3% | +5.9% |
| LCATTLE | 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) | -0.2% | +0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-04-09 | [Rising feed prices impact cattle markets \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47743-rising-feed-prices-impact-cattle-markets-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.8% | -11.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-05-23 | [Markets dally before COF report \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5753-markets-dally-before-cof-report-western-livestock-journal.md) | +2.0% | -0.6% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/beef-cattle-market-2018-in-review-and-a-look-ahead/

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