# Beef producers will need to watch costs with market downturn – Wyoming Livestock Roundup

> A University of Wyoming livestock specialist says the beef industry faces a downtrend that could last a few years due to falling exports and per capita domestic consumption. He sees fundamentals pointing to about $125 per cwt for fat cattle and feedlots only recently near break-even.

- Date: 2016-06-18 · published 2016-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9297-beef-producers-will-need-to-watch-costs-with-market-downturn-wyoming-livestock
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower export and domestic beef demand points to sustained weakness in fed and feeder cattle prices, which reduces the value of feeder cattle and cattle sold for slaughter.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-07-08 | [Global perspectives:Ranchers may need verification as U.S. beef expansion looks toward export markets – Wyoming Livestock Roundup](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69922-global-perspectives-ranchers-may-need-verification-as-u-s-beef-expansion-looks.md) | +0.9% | -0.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-03-22 | [Livestock Marketing Information Center explains dairy liquidation impacts on cull cow prices – Wyoming Livestock Roundup](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60228-livestock-marketing-information-center-explains-dairy-liquidation-impacts-on.md) | -0.6% | -0.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-08-09 | [PULSE: Watch for competition in key beef markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51581-pulse-watch-for-competition-in-key-beef-markets.md) | +3.7% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-24 | [Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Aug. 24 \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8346-market-wrap-up-monday-aug-24-western-livestock-journal.md) | -1.6% | -2.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-02-07 | [Market takes a nosedive over the week \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12740-market-takes-a-nosedive-over-the-week-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.9% | -3.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-08-24 | [Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Aug. 24 \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8346-market-wrap-up-monday-aug-24-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.1% | +0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-02-07 | [Market takes a nosedive over the week \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12740-market-takes-a-nosedive-over-the-week-western-livestock-journal.md) | +1.0% | +4.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-08-28 | [Headlines turn market lower over the week  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8339-headlines-turn-market-lower-over-the-week-western-livestock-journal.md) | -2.4% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- wylr.net: https://www.wylr.net/2016/06/18/beef-producers-will-need-to-watch-costs-with-market-downturn/

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