# US beef prices under pressure

> Rabobank's Q3 2018 Beef Quarterly says US beef prices are holding up despite rising domestic beef and total protein supplies. It flags trade policy uncertainty, US drought and saturated demand as risks to prices in the second half of 2018.

- Date: 2018-09-03 · published 2018-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63163-us-beef-prices-under-pressure
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising beef supplies and weaker export prospects point to pressure on cattle prices in the second half of the year.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2016-12-13 | [US beef glut puts pressure on imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73414-us-beef-glut-puts-pressure-on-imports.md) | +1.6% | +6.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2016-11-01 | [Prices for protein under pressure \| Meatpoultry.com \| October 31, 2016 21:11 \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73877-prices-for-protein-under-pressure-meatpoultry-com-october-31-2016-21-11-meat.md) | -0.6% | +7.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-02-14 | [US beef production squeezes imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72437-us-beef-production-squeezes-imports.md) | +0.8% | +3.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-04-17 | [Lower beef and pork prices forecast - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65666-lower-beef-and-pork-prices-forecast-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.9% | -4.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2016-09-07 | [Lower Cash Fed Cattle Prices on Large Cattle Slaughter \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9461-lower-cash-fed-cattle-prices-on-large-cattle-slaughter-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +0.1% | -2.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2016-12-13 | [US beef glut puts pressure on imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73414-us-beef-glut-puts-pressure-on-imports.md) | +1.8% | +2.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-02-14 | [US beef production squeezes imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72437-us-beef-production-squeezes-imports.md) | +2.2% | +4.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2016-09-07 | [Lower Cash Fed Cattle Prices on Large Cattle Slaughter \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9461-lower-cash-fed-cattle-prices-on-large-cattle-slaughter-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +2.2% | -1.9% |

## Sources

- foodnavigator.com: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2018/09/03/US-beef-prices-under-pressure/

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