# Cash cattle trade sharply lower - Brownfield Ag News

> USDA reported light to moderate cash cattle trade in Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa, with live sales mostly $6.50-$7.00 lower. Boxed beef cutout values fell on weak demand and heavy offerings. CME live and feeder cattle contracts settled sharply lower, with June live cattle trading below $115.

- Date: 2016-04-22 · published 2016-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8271-cash-cattle-trade-sharply-lower-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower cash prices and weaker boxed beef values signal reduced packer margins and softer demand for feeder cattle. The downward pressure is likely to persist into futures pricing for feeder and fed cattle.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2016-04-25 | 1 | -2.5% | -3.9 | Cash cattle fell $6.50-$7.00 and boxed beef weakened on poor demand, pushing CME live cattle sharply lower with June below $115. |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/blog/market-news/cash-cattle-trade-sharply-lower-2/

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