# Spotlight on Economics: Cattle Price Volatility Continues — Extension and Ag Research News

> Drought has expanded, with about 26 percent of the US beef cow herd in drought areas by late June, concentrated in the southwestern US. Beef cow slaughter rose more than 12 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2018, and cattle prices are volatile amid trade disputes.

- Date: 2018-07-11 · published 2018-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63965-spotlight-on-economics-cattle-price-volatility-continues-extension-and-ag
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-driven herd liquidation increases near-term cattle supply and feed-grain demand is uncertain, adding price volatility for feeders.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-03 | [Grain Market Pain Continues on Weather: Cattle Fall as NWS Nears - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10649-grain-market-pain-continues-on-weather-cattle-fall-as-nws-nears-agweb.md) | +0.0% | -0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-06-07 | [Drought has changed the cattle price outlook - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64642-drought-has-changed-the-cattle-price-outlook-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.7% | -2.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-31 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6703-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -1.2% | -5.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-12-07 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61707-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +1.1% | +4.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-09-11 | [Cattle, hog futures pressured by Florence - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63193-cattle-hog-futures-pressured-by-florence-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.9% | +3.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-06-24 | [Cattle Report 6/24/2019 \| Tift County Extension Producer Updates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58731-cattle-report-6-24-2019-tift-county-extension-producer-updates.md) | +2.4% | +6.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-06-07 | [Drought has changed the cattle price outlook - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64642-drought-has-changed-the-cattle-price-outlook-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.7% | +4.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-09-30 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39716-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -0.1% | 0.0% |

## Sources

- ag.ndsu.edu: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/spotlight-on-economics/spotlight-on-economics-cattle-price-volatility-continues

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