Over the past year, the cattle market has encouraged feedlots to stay current. However, Summit Commodities market analyst Tim Marsh says that is changing. “We haven’t seen these kinds of premiums offered for a while. In the last year, the cash market’s been above the futures market. This would be encouraging the opposite.” Marsh fears cattle weights will increase as feedlots hold cattle longer. “The weights haven’t been a problem for a long time, but these premiums and deferred contracts could. Cheap corn could also encourage that to happen.”