# Terrain | Record Carcass Weights Won’t Stop Record Prices

> Carcass weights reached record highs in April and May 2024 as Midwest feeders held cattle to recover weight lost to winter weather. Placements into feedlots fell 4.3% in the first four months of 2024 compared with a year earlier.

- Date: 2024-06-27 · published 2024-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7980-terrain-record-carcass-weights-won-t-stop-record-prices
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Heavier carcasses add beef tonnage while reduced feedlot placements tighten future cattle supply, supporting fed cattle prices into Q4. Lower feeder inventories also lower near-term demand for feed grains from feedlots.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-09-27 | [A lot at steak: US beef and cattle prices soar to record highs \| Beef \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23000-a-lot-at-steak-us-beef-and-cattle-prices-soar-to-record-highs-beef-the-guardian.md) | -1.2% | +0.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-01-24 | [Optimism, higher cattle prices to start 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43088-optimism-higher-cattle-prices-to-start-2022.md) | +0.6% | +3.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-02-28 | [Cattle prices expected to remain high in 2025 and 2026 - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26182-cattle-prices-expected-to-remain-high-in-2025-and-2026-high-plains-journal.md) | -1.3% | +5.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-12-01 | [Cattle Economics: Cattle Prices and Rockets \| UT Beef & Forage Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38361-cattle-economics-cattle-prices-and-rockets-ut-beef-and-forage-center.md) | -0.3% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-12-06 | [Higher calf prices may be on the horizon for 2020 \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55696-higher-calf-prices-may-be-on-the-horizon-for-2020-thefencepost-com.md) | +0.5% | +5.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-09-27 | [A lot at steak: US beef and cattle prices soar to record highs \| Beef \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23000-a-lot-at-steak-us-beef-and-cattle-prices-soar-to-record-highs-beef-the-guardian.md) | +0.0% | -0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-01-24 | [Optimism, higher cattle prices to start 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43088-optimism-higher-cattle-prices-to-start-2022.md) | -0.4% | +3.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-02-28 | [Cattle prices expected to remain high in 2025 and 2026 - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26182-cattle-prices-expected-to-remain-high-in-2025-and-2026-high-plains-journal.md) | -0.9% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- terrainag.com: https://www.terrainag.com/insights/record-carcass-weights-wont-stop-record-prices/

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