# Feeder cattle price trends; will this fall’s market toe the line?

> Nevil Speer reviews the historical spread between the CME Feeder Cattle Index and deferred live cattle futures, which has averaged about $32 per cwt since 2016. He says the fall feeder marketing season is approaching and pricing should start from the deferred live cattle contract.

- Date: 2018-08-16 · published 2018-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63661-feeder-cattle-price-trends-will-this-fall-s-market-toe-the-line
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The stable feeder-to-deferred spread gives buyers a pricing benchmark for the fall run, with deferred futures setting the direction for feeder cattle values.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-pricing/feeder-cattle-price-trends-will-this-fall-s-market-toe-the-line-

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