# Cattle feeders fighting increased supplies

> Fed cattle prices slid roughly $40 from May's spring high, with August trade at $104-105 as slaughter reached about 520,000 head weekly. Total beef production near 520 million pounds per week is pressuring prices.

- Date: 2017-09-07 · published 2017-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69088-cattle-feeders-fighting-increased-supplies
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising fed slaughter and beef output keep supply heavy, pressuring cattle prices and feeder margins through the fall.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-market-outlook/cattle-feeders-fighting-increased-supplies

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