Beef Market Update – RealAgriculture
Sep 11, 2026 · 12 min · 9 segments
Fall calf run is just around the corner, but cattle markets are sending mixed signals as producers head into one of the busiest marketing periods of the year. Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange…
It feels like it was longer ago than just four days ago, but this was a holiday week.
What did we see in the markets this week?
Yeah, so often, Calvin, on these short weeks, things get a little quieter, and that certainly was the case on the fat cattle market in both countries.
The bids that are coming out of the packers are around 220 U.S., And the asks from the feedlots around 225.
The cutout, that choice cutout last night, the beef market that we talked about or talk about, Compared to a week ago, it did close a buck and a half higher, 378.35. Again, on a short week with smaller beef kills, that's not a big surprise.
We get back to full weeks, full kills, and now Fort Morgan, that Cargill plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, is back into operation.
And September is a slow month for beef demand historically, even a decade ago when we last talked, that's kind of a typical seasonal, that that is what September is.
Families are going back to school, especially this year, got lots of extra costs.
And just to finish on the Fed markets here in the West, also lightly tested, but it does look like the bids and sales coming in around that $4.85 to $4.95 delivery address.
Last week, the trade averaged $4.95, so the average that's going to come out of CAMFAX this week looks like it will be lower.
It feels like it was longer ago than just four days ago, but this was a holiday week.
What did we see in the markets this week?
Yeah, so often, Calvin, on these short weeks, things get a little quieter, and that certainly was the case on the fat cattle market in both countries.
The bids that are coming out of the packers are around 220 U.S., And the asks from the feedlots around 225.
The cutout, that choice cutout last night, the beef market that we talked about or talk about, Compared to a week ago, it did close a buck and a half higher, 378.35. Again, on a short week with smaller beef kills, that's not a big surprise.
We get back to full weeks, full kills, and now Fort Morgan, that Cargill plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, is back into operation.
And September is a slow month for beef demand historically, even a decade ago when we last talked, that's kind of a typical seasonal, that that is what September is.
Families are going back to school, especially this year, got lots of extra costs.
And just to finish on the Fed markets here in the West, also lightly tested, but it does look like the bids and sales coming in around that $4.85 to $4.95 delivery address.
Last week, the trade averaged $4.95, so the average that's going to come out of CAMFAX this week looks like it will be lower.
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