
The live (LEJ25) and feeder cattle (GFH25) futures markets and the cash cattle (LEY00) market are scoring all-time highs on a near-perfect storm of bullish supply and demand fundamentals. February live cattle futures (LEG25) this week set a record intraday high of $209.15 a hundredweight. January feeder cattle futures (GFF25) hit a new intraday high of $282.25. The USDA reported on Monday that last week’s average cash cattle trading price hit another record high, up $5.52 from the previous week at $209.19. That’s the 10th consecutive week of higher average cash cattle prices.
