# Supply concerns pressure cattle, hog futures - Brownfield Ag News

> Live and feeder cattle futures closed lower at the CME on supply concerns, weak cash trade and sharply lower wholesale boxed beef values. June live cattle closed $1.20 lower at $111.07 and May feeder cattle $1.52 lower at $135.77. Cash dressed cattle deals in the North ranged from $189 to $194, with hog futures also under pressure.

- Date: 2019-05-08 · published 2019-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9543-supply-concerns-pressure-cattle-hog-futures-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower cash and wholesale values signal weaker packer demand for fed cattle, which pulls feeder and live cattle futures lower. Hog futures weakness adds to the bearish tone across livestock feed-demand markets.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/blog/market-news/supply-concerns-pressure-cattle-hog-futures-2/

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