Live cattle futures are up $7 to the $7.25 limit on Monday. Last week’s cash trade was reported at $225-230 in the north, with $230-232 Southern sales. Feeder cattle futures are up the $9.25 limit so far on Monday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $1.86 to $345.96 on November 6. The weekly OKC feeder cattle auction has an estimated 6,500 head for sale, with a lower undertone noted early.
President Trump posted after the Friday close that he has “asked the DOJ to immediately begin an investigation into the Meat Packing Companies who are driving the price of Beef through Illicit Collusion, Price Fixing, and Price Manipulation.”
