
Live cattle futures saw some light rebound action on Thursday, with contracts up 30 cents to $1.35 at the close. Cash trade saw some light action across the country at $239-240 so far this week. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,646 head offered with bids at $238. Feeder cattle futures failed to see any bounce back on Thursday, as contracts were down $1.72 to $3.60 in the nearbys, falling lower into the close. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $1.38 at $370.62 on October 22.
On Thursday morning, the White House raised the tariff rate quota on Argentina beef imports to 80,000 MT from the 20,000 MT level.