Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael
Oct 14, 2026 · 5 min · 5 segments
Cattle futures were mostly lower Wednesday, awaiting the week’s negotiated cash fed cattle direction. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 84¢ lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an…
Wes IshmaelHost
Cattle futures were mostly lower Wednesday, awaiting the week's negotiated cash fed cattle direction.
Feeder cattle futures were an average of $1.86 lower, except for 12 cents higher in the back contract.
Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in the north through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Choice boxed beef cutout value was $1.35 higher Wednesday afternoon at $376.50 a hundredweight.
Select was $4.80 higher at $358.47. Corn and soybean futures were lower Wednesday with likely harvest pressure.
Through late afternoon and through the front four contracts, corn futures were one to two cents lower.
Soybean futures were six to eight cents lower, but Kansas City wheat futures were fractionally higher to three cents higher.
Cattle futures were mostly lower Wednesday, awaiting the week's negotiated cash fed cattle direction.
Feeder cattle futures were an average of $1.86 lower, except for 12 cents higher in the back contract.
Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in the north through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Choice boxed beef cutout value was $1.35 higher Wednesday afternoon at $376.50 a hundredweight.
Select was $4.80 higher at $358.47. Corn and soybean futures were lower Wednesday with likely harvest pressure.
Through late afternoon and through the front four contracts, corn futures were one to two cents lower.
Soybean futures were six to eight cents lower, but Kansas City wheat futures were fractionally higher to three cents higher.
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