# Beef Supply and Demand Challenges Continue | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter

> Derrell Peel's Ohio Beef Cattle Letter reports year-to-date beef production up 3.6 percent, with cattle slaughter up 3.8 percent and cow slaughter up 8.1 percent. Carcass weights are higher than last year, and boxed beef prices have softened after holding firm through May.

- Date: 2018-06-27 · published 2018-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64472-beef-supply-and-demand-challenges-continue-ohio-beef-cattle-letter
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher slaughter and heavier carcasses increase beef supply, which pressures cattle prices and reflects weaker demand for beef relative to supply.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-10-28 | [Cattle on Feed Grows Again \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50777-cattle-on-feed-grows-again-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +1.0% | +5.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-11 | [A New Year for Cattle Markets \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72946-a-new-year-for-cattle-markets-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +0.5% | -0.3% |
| 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% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-02-02 | [CattleFax: Large supply and strong demand in 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66626-cattlefax-large-supply-and-strong-demand-in-2018.md) | -0.5% | -0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-12-20 | [Big beef supply is a given, so watch demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67600-big-beef-supply-is-a-given-so-watch-demand.md) | +0.7% | -0.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-04-11 | [Crop Planting Report and Feeder Price Decline \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65646-crop-planting-report-and-feeder-price-decline-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +2.9% | +2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-10-28 | [Cattle on Feed Grows Again \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50777-cattle-on-feed-grows-again-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +1.4% | +3.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-01-11 | [A New Year for Cattle Markets \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72946-a-new-year-for-cattle-markets-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -1.3% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- u.osu.edu: https://u.osu.edu/beef/2018/06/27/beef-supply-and-demand-challenges-continue/

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