
Live cattle futures are trading with 85 cent to $1.10 gains so far on Thursday. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week with bids of $232 so far in the South. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales, with bids of just $230. Feeder cattle futures are up $1.50 to $2.525 at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up another $0.78 to $363.15 on January 6.
Export Sales data showed a total of 10,600 MT of 2026 beef sold in the week of 1/1. Beef shipments were tallied at 12,695 MT for the last few days of 2025 and 146 MT for Jan 1.