# Basis still the key to fats and feeders

> A technical market commentary discusses whether live cattle futures will set new contract highs while cash cattle weakens, and whether to market feeder cattle soon. The author notes a wide basis and that a $135 bid on the Fed Cattle Exchange is not buying cattle.

- Date: 2017-04-26 · published 2017-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71633-basis-still-the-key-to-fats-and-feeders
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A wide futures-cash basis limits futures downside until cash prices weaken, so feeders face timing decisions on marketing ahead of summer supply.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/basis-still-the-key-to-fats-and-feeders

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