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Cattle Look to Thursday Following Wednesday Weakness

Live cattle futures posted $2.00 to $2.97 losses across the board. Open interest was up 573 contracts. There were no deliveries issued against August futures on Wednesday. Cash trade has been quiet this week, with a few dressed sales at $368. The Wednesday Fed Cattle auction showed no sales on...

Barchart · Aug 13

Cattle Fall Lower on Wednesday

Live cattle futures posted $2.00 to $2.97 losses across the board. There were no deliveries issued against August futures on Wednesday. Cash trade has been quiet this week, with a few dressed sales at $368. The Wednesday Fed Cattle auction showed no sales on the 1,308 head offered, with a...

Barchart · Aug 12

Cattle Falling Back on Wednesday

Live cattle futures are posting $1.50 to $2.50 losses in the front months. Cash trade has been quiet this week, with a few early light sales at $235. The Wednesday Fed Cattle auction showed no sales on the 1,308 head offered, with a single bid of $365 dressed on one...

Barchart · Aug 12

Cattle Bulls Taking a Breather on Wednesday

Live cattle futures are up 45 cents in June but down 40 to 50 cents in other front months on Wednesday. The Wednesday Fed Cattle online auction showed no sales on the 1,466 head offered, with 1 lot bid at $400 dressed. Feeder cattle futures are down 40 to 60...

Barchart · Jun 17

Cattle Rally on Thursday, as Cash Strength Takes Control

Live cattle futures posted 65 cent to $2.15 gains on Thursday, with April $7.70 higher on the week. Cash trade got kicked off with strength on Thursday, with trade at $245 across the country, up $10 from last week. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle exchange showed no sales on the...

Barchart · Apr 2

Cattle Extending Higher on Thursday

Live cattle futures are up 67 cents to $1.05 at midday. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week, with bids at midday of $238-242. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle exchange showed no sales on the 1,016 head offered, with limited bids of $238-239.50. Feeder cattle futures are...

Barchart · Apr 2

Cattle Traders Look to Round Out the Week

Live cattle futures saw 40 cents to $1.07 gains Wednesday. Preliminary open interest was up 4,984 contracts. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week, as last week settled in at $234-235 sales and $238 late in the south. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle exchange showed no sales...

Barchart · Apr 2

Cattle Extends Rally to Wednesday

Live cattle futures saw 40 cents to $1.07 gains Wednesday. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week, as last week settled in at $234-235 sales and $238 late in the south. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle exchange showed no sales on the 1,016 head offered, with limited...

Barchart · Apr 1

Cattle Extending Rally on Wednesday

Live cattle futures are posting 90 cent to $1 gains on Wednesday. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week, as last week settled in at $234-235 sales and $238 late in the south. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle exchange showed no sales on the 1,016 head offered,...

Barchart · Apr 1

Cattle Collapse on Friday Amid Trump Comments to Lower Beef Prices

Live cattle futures were down $3.70 to $7.22 on the Friday session follow comments from President Trump on Thursday. December was just 70 cents lower on the week. Cash trade settled in at $240-241 across the country. The Friday Fed Cattle exchange saw 240.50-242 sales on 166 of the 1,184...

Barchart · Oct 17, 2025