# Southern Plains Cattle Prices Get New Benchmark

> The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has introduced a new negotiated cash cattle report combining data from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado. The report uses data packers already submit under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting program and does not change how cattle are traded.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-04T00:50:27.376Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78854-southern-plains-cattle-prices-get-new-benchmark
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Restored weekly price coverage for major cattle-feeding regions improves price discovery for feeder and fed cattle, but the change itself is a reporting update with no direct supply or demand shift.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-11-06 | [Weekly Cattle Market Trends: Cash Prices, Feedlot Margins, and Packing Plant Utilization - Beef Web](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27543-weekly-cattle-market-trends-cash-prices-feedlot-margins-and-packing-plant.md) | -1.0% | +1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-01 | [USDA beefs up fed cattle price reporting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73130-usda-beefs-up-fed-cattle-price-reporting.md) | -0.8% | +2.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-11-11 | [CME update: feed cattle futures dip as corn prices rise
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7939-cme-update-feed-cattle-futures-dip-as-corn-prices-rise-the-cattle-site.md) | +1.3% | -0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-11-09 | [November 'WASDE' Report: Steady Cattle Prices Forecast; Corn Prices Lowered \| Cattle Range News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33328-november-wasde-report-steady-cattle-prices-forecast-corn-prices-lowered-cattle.md) | -1.8% | -7.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-05-13 | [Beef Watch: Strong demand keeps beef, cattle prices firm - Canadian Cattlemen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59049-beef-watch-strong-demand-keeps-beef-cattle-prices-firm-canadian-cattlemen.md) | -1.9% | -5.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-03-18 | [Cattle Markets Looking for Spring - Northern Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48263-cattle-markets-looking-for-spring-northern-ag-network.md) | -0.8% | +2.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-06 | [Weekly Cattle Market Trends: Cash Prices, Feedlot Margins, and Packing Plant Utilization - Beef Web](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27543-weekly-cattle-market-trends-cash-prices-feedlot-margins-and-packing-plant.md) | +0.3% | +4.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-12-28 | [Real feeder cattle prices lag \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32847-real-feeder-cattle-prices-lag-ag-proud.md) | +0.1% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- farms.com: https://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/southern-plains-cattle-prices-get-new-benchmark-886.aspx

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