Live cattle futures are posting $1.40 to $2.50 losses on the day. Cash trade was reported at $350-355 dressed in the North this week with a few $224 live bids in the South. The Thursday Fed Cattle exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,514 head offered with $222-223 bids. Feeder cattle futures are down $3.12 to $4.37 at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $1.16 on September 15 to $342.74.
Export Sales data from USDA showed beef sales for 2026 at 14,155 MT for the week ending on 9/10. That was an 5-week high. Shipments were tallied at 9,881 MT, the lowest total in a year.
