# What’s ahead the cattle markets in 2018?

> A cattle-market outlook says prices have been reasonably strong this spring on 19% higher beef exports year to date, but March was brutal for live and feeder cattle futures. Cattle on feed on March 1 were 10% above February 1, and 28% of the U.S. cow herd was under some drought conditions.

- Date: 2018-04-23 · published 2018-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65638-what-s-ahead-the-cattle-markets-in-2018
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Heavier feedlot supplies and drought-driven early marketing point to weaker cattle prices by fall, which lowers demand for feed going into the feedlot phase.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-market-outlook/what-s-ahead-the-cattle-markets-in-2018-

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