# Place your bet on fed cattle market

> Feeder cattle prices imply feedlot breakevens of $121 per cwt or higher, which summer live cattle futures do not cover. Futures for February through October 2018 had fallen more than $7 per cwt on average by mid-January. USDA Cattle on Feed data showed placements in the last four months were above the prior year.

- Date: 2018-01-01 · published 2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67117-place-your-bet-on-fed-cattle-market
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher placements and falling futures signal feedlot margin pressure, which weighs on feeder demand and cattle prices into 2018.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- lib.dr.iastate.edu: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/751

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