# Anything But a Normal Year for the Cattle Market

> Boxed beef prices have not yet made a seasonal top for 2024, with a major Kansas packing plant dark due to roof damage. Feeder steer prices at the Corn Belt Classic video auction were higher than a year earlier.

- Date: 2024-07-03 · published 2024-07-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7978-anything-but-a-normal-year-for-the-cattle-market
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter product availability from the Kansas plant outage supports boxed beef and cash cattle prices. Thin supplies of market-ready cattle suggest limited summertime downside for fed cattle and feeders.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2024/07/03/anything-normal-year

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