# Recent price rallies bring more feeder cattle to town

> Auction receipts for test barns reached 40,600 head in the week, 14,000 above the previous week and 6,000 above a year earlier. Yearling prices were steady to $1 higher and stocker cattle were $5 to $6 higher, while slaughter cow prices declined on larger receipts and a lower cow cutout.

- Date: 2018-04-20 · published 2018-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65649-recent-price-rallies-bring-more-feeder-cattle-to-town
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Steady-to-higher feeder prices support feedlot input costs, but larger runs and weaker cow prices point to mixed signals for near-term cattle demand.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-market-outlook/recent-price-rallies-bring-more-feeder-cattle-to-town

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