# Cattle market impacts Zimmerman looks at future for cow/calf producers – Wyoming Livestock Roundup

> Wyoming Livestock Roundup reports on a May 23 webinar in which Lance Zimmerman of CattleFax said higher feedstuff prices from U.S. drought are expected to depress feeder cattle futures. He noted feeder cattle were at their highest levels relative to deferred live cattle since 2015 and that cattle feeders were facing projected losses.

- Date: 2018-06-02 · published 2018-06-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64680-cattle-market-impacts-zimmerman-looks-at-future-for-cow-calf-producers-wyoming
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Expected higher hay and corn prices from drought raise feeding costs, pressuring feeder cattle values and limiting demand for feed inputs as feeders cut placements. The commentary is a forecast from a May webinar rather than a new market event.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2024-10-07 | [Fall Cattle Market Update for Midwest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28014-fall-cattle-market-update-for-midwest.md) | +0.1% | -1.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-09-10 | [Feeder and Live Cattle Markets Face Mixed Signals as Fall Approaches \| Center for Agricultural Profitability \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28435-feeder-and-live-cattle-markets-face-mixed-signals-as-fall-approaches-center-for.md) | +1.5% | +4.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-05-14 | [Higher feed grain prices pressure cattle feeder market - Canadian Cattlemen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65129-higher-feed-grain-prices-pressure-cattle-feeder-market-canadian-cattlemen.md) | -4.5% | +5.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-07-27 | [Klassen: Feed barley rally pressures feeder cattle market - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12494-klassen-feed-barley-rally-pressures-feeder-cattle-market-agcanada.md) | -2.4% | -2.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-06-04 | [How the late 2019 crop could impact cattle prices - Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11386-how-the-late-2019-crop-could-impact-cattle-prices-texas-and-southwestern-cattle.md) | +4.7% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2024-01-05 | [Fertilizer outlook provided  – Wyoming Livestock Roundup](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32055-fertilizer-outlook-provided-wyoming-livestock-roundup.md) | -1.5% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-07-15 | [Cattle and beef markets looking for summer direction: Peel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58218-cattle-and-beef-markets-looking-for-summer-direction-peel.md) | -2.6% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2023-10-13 | [Drought affects crop marketing for producers - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33731-drought-affects-crop-marketing-for-producers-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.2% | -3.5% |

## Sources

- wylr.net: https://www.wylr.net/2018/06/02/cattle-market-impacts-zimmerman-looks-at-future-for-cow-calf-producers/

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