# Market Highlights: Fed cattle prices down 19% since spring - Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association

> Fed cattle prices have fallen 19% from their spring high, and feeders hope the market has bottomed. Margins are tightening because higher feeder cattle purchase prices are colliding with lower fed cattle prices.

- Date: 2017-08-01 · published 2017-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69612-market-highlights-fed-cattle-prices-down-19-since-spring-texas-and-southwestern
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Feeders will struggle if fed prices do not turn higher, which could reduce demand for feeder cattle. The price decline keeps live cattle under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- tscra.org: https://tscra.org/market-highlights-fed-cattle-prices-down-19-since-spring/

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