# Larger beef supplies, weaker markets face ranchers

> Texas ranchers are facing lower cattle prices after a rapid herd expansion that followed the drought-driven low of 2014. Growing calf supplies are moving through feedlots into higher beef production.

- Date: 2016-11-22 · published 2016-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73801-larger-beef-supplies-weaker-markets-face-ranchers
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising beef output and weaker cattle markets point to lower feeder and fed cattle prices, reducing feedlot buying power for feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- texasfarmbureau.org: https://texasfarmbureau.org/larger-beef-supplies-weaker-markets-face-ranchers/

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