# Cash trade vs. fed cattle basis; what’s the deal?

> Beef Magazine's Nevil Speer discusses the cash trade share of fed cattle, which is about 25 percent of weekly trade. He covers a denied OCM petition against USDA over withdrawing the GIPSA Farmer Fair Practices Rules and concludes that weekly volatility has not risen despite lower cash trade.

- Date: 2019-01-31 · published 2019-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61218-cash-trade-vs-fed-cattle-basis-what-s-the-deal
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Concerns about price discovery and artificial deflation in cash fed cattle prices affect how buyers and feeders value cattle, but the story describes an ongoing debate rather than a new supply or demand shift.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

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## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-market-outlook/cash-trade-vs-fed-cattle-basis-what-s-the-deal-

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