Cattle futures slip on light trade and volume
Cash trade slipped $1 to $2 per hundredweight as packers reduced bids. Cutout prices showed mixed results with ribs and loins lagging behind stronger grinds.
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Cash trade slipped $1 to $2 per hundredweight as packers reduced bids. Cutout prices showed mixed results with ribs and loins lagging behind stronger grinds.
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle closed lower waiting on direct business to develop. August live cattle closed $1.15 lower at $242.42 and October live cat...
Direct cash cattle trade is starting to pick up some steam. A few more bids are now on the table. In Nebraska dressed bids are marked at $408, well below current asking prices of $...
Direct cash cattle trade activity is quiet. Bids and asking prices have yet to surface. Showlists this week are mixed, higher in Kansas and Nebraska/Colorado, but lower in Texas....
Tullow Livestock Sales held its weekly cattle sale in Tullow Mart, Co. Carlow, on Friday (July 10), where the trade was described as “blistering” with cattle up by €80-€120 per hea...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower on technical weakness. August live cattle closed $3.30 lower at $231.42 and October live cattle close...
Live and feeder cattle were mixed, adjusting spreads, looking ahead to tomorrow’s cattle on feed report and waiting for direct trade to develop. Direct cash cattle trade activity...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mostly lower ahead of direct business. August live cattle closed $.67 lower at $238.42 and October live cattle clos...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mixed on spread trade, waiting for the week’s direct business to develop. June live cattle closed $1.07 lower at $2...
Weekly auction data shows steer sales rising while heifer share drops to 39%, but retention levels still fall short of signaling herd expansion.
There continues to be debate within the industry about the balance between free markets and government oversight. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the role of the nation’s largest...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower ahead of the week’s direct business. August live cattle closed $1.35 lower at $246 and October live cattle clo...
Kilkenny Mart hosted its weekly cattle sale on Thursday, June 4, where 300 cattle went under the hammer, with trade prices holding on average. Speaking to Agriland after the sale,...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were sharply lower on the midday drop in boxed beef, with traders waiting for widespread direct business. August...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were down ahead of direct business, while feeders were up on the lower move in corn. June live cattle closed $1.27 lower at $253.27...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mostly higher on tight ready supplies. The market continues to watch news about New World screwworm. August live c...
Live and feeder cattle were lower on position squaring ahead of the Cattle on Feed report, and waiting on direct business to develop. Direct cash cattle trade activity started to...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher on technical support, with tight ready-supplies. August live cattle closed $2.07 higher at $243.25 and Octob...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher watching direct business, feeders were lower, pressured by the higher move in corn. August live cattle closed $....
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply higher on oversold signals. The market did react to the news that New World screwworm had been detected in...
Despite high calf prices since 2023, heifer retention remains minimal while beef cow culling hits record lows, signaling gradual progress toward expansion.
Direct cash cattle trade activity is quiet. Bids and asking prices haven’t surfaced. Showlists this week are higher in Kansas, slightly lower in Nebraska and Colorado, and lower...
A 10-day journey reveals drought, closures, and robust beef demand driving record cattle markets in 2026.
410 animals went through the ring at Kilkenny Mart which held its weekly cattle sale on Thursday, June 18. The number of animals was up on the previous week’s numbers. Speaking to...
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