# Beef Market Update: A lot of mouths to feed - RealAgriculture

> Gateway Livestock Exchange analyst Anne Wasko expects US on-feed cattle numbers to rise about 5 percent, with placements up 6-7 percent and marketings up about 5 percent. She flags pork tariffs with Mexico as the key price risk.

- Date: 2018-08-24 · published 2018-08-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63660-beef-market-update-a-lot-of-mouths-to-feed-realagriculture
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Larger cattle inventories mean more feed consumption, supporting feed grain demand, while trade pressure on pork could weigh on hog and feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- HOGS: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-07 | [Beef Market Update: Political noise and import talk weigh on cattle prices - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8354-beef-market-update-political-noise-and-import-talk-weigh-on-cattle-prices.md) | -0.4% | -2.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-04-26 | [Beef Market Update: Volatility in U.S. cattle markets contrasts gains in Canadian fat cattle prices - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30683-beef-market-update-volatility-in-u-s-cattle-markets-contrasts-gains-in-canadian.md) | -1.6% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-03-25 | [US removes tariffs on Australian, New Zealand beef \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31166-us-removes-tariffs-on-australian-new-zealand-beef-latest-market-news.md) | -1.8% | -2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-21 | [Trump plan to import Argentine beef angers US farmers - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22369-trump-plan-to-import-argentine-beef-angers-us-farmers-agweek-1-source-for.md) | -3.1% | -7.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-03-15 | [Mexico opens market to beef imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71965-mexico-opens-market-to-beef-imports.md) | +2.9% | +2.6% |
| HOGS | 2019-12-13 | [U.S. agriculture wary of Trump's China sales pledge, more meat a must](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55444-u-s-agriculture-wary-of-trump-s-china-sales-pledge-more-meat-a-must.md) | +9.0% | +3.6% |
| HOGS | 2025-04-03 | [Beefed-up tariffs leave global protein markets in a stew](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25246-beefed-up-tariffs-leave-global-protein-markets-in-a-stew.md) | -0.5% | +3.4% |
| HOGS | 2018-04-03 | [CME: Livestock Futures Markets Down at Start of W14
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11971-cme-livestock-futures-markets-down-at-start-of-w14-the-pig-site.md) | -2.7% | +15.6% |

## Sources

- realagriculture.com: https://www.realagriculture.com/2018/08/beef-market-update-a-lot-of-mouths-to-feed/

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