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  • High prices, higher stakes: CattleFax warns of market uncertainty
  • Midyear 2026 cattle auction receipts
  • Latest look from Cattle on Feed, screwworm dashboard and MDM

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

High prices, higher stakes: CattleFax warns of market uncertainty

The CEO of CattleFax says today’s cattle market presents both tremendous opportunity and unprecedented uncertainty. “We’re in a time period of potentiality the greatest risk we’ve...

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beefmagazine.com /1 week ago

Midyear 2026 cattle auction receipts

Weekly auction data shows steer sales rising while heifer share drops to 39%, but retention levels still fall short of signaling herd expansion.

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beefmagazine.com /3 weeks ago

Latest look from Cattle on Feed, screwworm dashboard and MDM

Worsening household finances and weaker beef demand in May are a cautionary point for the broader risk to beef demand’s strong run.

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

Cattle futures sharply higher heading into Friday

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...

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beefmagazine.com /1 month ago

Cattle and beef markets from all directions

A 10-day journey reveals drought, closures, and robust beef demand driving record cattle markets in 2026.

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beefmagazine.com /1 month ago

Cattle and beef markets from all directions

A 10-day journey reveals drought, closures, and robust beef demand driving record cattle markets in 2026.

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beefmagazine.com /1 month ago

Cattle cycle expansions: Lessons from history

Despite high calf prices since 2023, heifer retention remains minimal while beef cow culling hits record lows, signaling gradual progress toward expansion.

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

Cattle futures higher ahead of Friday’s On Feed report

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were higher, feeders were sharply higher on tight supplies, waiting for direct business, and ahead of Friday’s Cattle on Feed report...

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beefcentral.com /1 month ago

Cattle markets ticking along, but market access challenges cloud future

Some of the current sentiment suggesting there is only blue sky ahead for cattle prices, based largely on falling US production ignores some of the risks posed by looming market ac...

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

Cattle futures mostly higher waiting on direct business

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...

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

Cattle industry continues to look for signs of herd expansion

A livestock economist says he doesn’t expect many surprises in Friday’s Cattle on Feed report.   Josh Maples with Mississippi State University Extension says he anticipates a signi...

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beefcentral.com /1 month ago

Feeder cattle market: Prices up 30-50c as Quilty makes bold prediction

Feeder cattle grids have surged 30-50c in the past fortnight as the main saleyard indicators reach heights not seen since 2022.

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 day ago

Cattle futures sharply lower ahead of direct business

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...

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brownfieldagnews.com /2 weeks ago

Cattle futures sharply lower, hog futures mixed

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...

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

Live cattle lower ahead of widespread direct business

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...

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brownfieldagnews.com /3 weeks ago

Cattle futures lower waiting on direct business

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...

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

Cattle futures higher to start the week

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...

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brownfieldagnews.com /3 weeks ago

Cattle futures higher to start the week

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, waiting for direct business to develop, feeder cattle had additional support from the losses in corn.  Augus...

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brownfieldagnews.com /4 weeks ago

Cattle futures supported by sharply higher boxed beef

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher on tight-ready supplies and the sharply higher boxed beef.  The trade is also waiting for direct business to...

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brownfieldagnews.com /2 weeks ago

Cattle futures lower waiting on direct trade

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...

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

Cattle industry seeking fair and stable markets

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...

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beefmagazine.com /1 month ago

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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beefcentral.com /1 week ago

‘Herd to decline’ Ripley Atkinson’s predictions for livestock markets

Despite being in a grass driven market with strong competition from restockers currently, one analyst is predicting the herd will decline this year.

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 week ago

Live cattle lower waiting on direct business

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower waiting on direct business, feeders were mostly higher on the lower move in corn.  August live cattle closed $.80 lower a...

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