
Choice wholesale beef prices jumped $45.61 per cwt in the week to March 20 as COVID-19 shifted demand from food service to retail grocery. Cash prices for calves, feeder cattle and fed cattle fell sharply during the same period, leaving some unhedged producers with heavy losses.
Retail-driven beef demand held up boxed beef values while reduced packer capacity and record supply kept cattle prices weak, widening the gap between beef and live cattle prices.
在过去 70 次看跌的疫病事件之后,活牛 在 5 个交易日内中位数变动 +0.0%(51% 上涨;中间一半区间为 -1.7% 至 +1.0%),20 个交易日内为 +0.4%。
在过去 46 次看跌的疫病事件之后,架子牛 在 5 个交易日内中位数变动 +0.3%(54% 上涨;中间一半区间为 -2.3% 至 +1.6%),20 个交易日内为 +1.8%。
各商品基准价相对事件前最后收盘价的变动。历史数据汇总同类过往事件;仅描述已发生的情况,不代表未来走势。不构成投资建议。
Cash cattle fell sharply while wholesale beef surged, a demand-channel dislocation that squeezed cattle values.