# Eastern Cornbelt Direct Feeder Cattle - 8/26/16 | Livestock Market Reports | lancasterfarming.com

> The USDA Springfield, Illinois report for August 26, 2016 covers Eastern Cornbelt direct feeder cattle sales. It shows no trend for feeder steers and heifers due to limited recent supplies, with calves and yearlings sliding slightly on base-weight pricing.

- Date: 2016-08-26 · published 2016-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9396-eastern-cornbelt-direct-feeder-cattle-8-26-16-livestock-market-reports
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Limited feeder supplies and small price slides on calves and yearlings reflect thin trade, offering little directional signal beyond modest softness in feeder cattle values.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-20 | [Market confusion overshadows cattle report \| Livestock \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54266-market-confusion-overshadows-cattle-report-livestock-farmweeknow-com.md) | +11.7% | +2.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-09-22 | [Cattle supply remains tight; market rallies \| Livestock \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28432-cattle-supply-remains-tight-market-rallies-livestock-farmweeknow-com.md) | +0.9% | +1.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-11-04 | [October Cattle on Feed hits expectations \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56209-october-cattle-on-feed-hits-expectations-western-livestock-journal.md) | -1.4% | -4.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-05-26 | [Cattle on Feed Report Mostly Market Friendly \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5755-cattle-on-feed-report-mostly-market-friendly-red-river-farm-network.md) | -6.8% | -8.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2016-08-24 | [Fall Feeder Cattle Market Prospects \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9394-fall-feeder-cattle-market-prospects-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -2.7% | -6.9% |

## Sources

- lancasterfarming.com: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/market-reports/livestock/eastern-cornbelt-direct-feeder-cattle---8-26-16/article_eb479af2-704b-11e6-92fb-376a77206ec2.html

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