# Fear and faltering cattle prices

> Oklahoma State extension economist Derrell Peel describes a bearish psychology and volatile live and feeder cattle futures that have driven cash markets down sharply. Producers are holding back calves and some lenders and producers are paralyzed by fear of further declines.

- Date: 2016-11-01 · published 2016-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73968-fear-and-faltering-cattle-prices
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Producers withholding calves reduces near-term feeder supply, while fear-driven selling and volatility weigh on feeder and fed cattle prices and raise hedging costs for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-pricing/fear-and-faltering-cattle-prices

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