Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael
Oct 1, 2026 · 4 min · 5 segments
Cattle futures held their own on Thursday, despite sluggish negotiated cash fed cattle trade and a step lower in wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 58¢…
Wes IshmaelHost
Cattle futures held their own on Thursday, despite sluggish negotiated cash-fed cattle trade and a step lower in wholesale beef values.
Toward the close, live cattle futures were an average of 58 cents higher, while feeder cattle futures were an average of $1.84 higher.
Negotiated cash-fed cattle trade was moderate on good demand in the north through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Choice box beef cutout value was $6 lower Thursday afternoon at $376.79 a hundredweight.
Through late afternoon and through the front four contracts, corn futures were unchanged to a penny higher, Kansas City wheat futures were 3 to 4 cents higher, and soybean futures were 8 to 9 cents lower.
Cattle futures held their own on Thursday, despite sluggish negotiated cash-fed cattle trade and a step lower in wholesale beef values.
Toward the close, live cattle futures were an average of 58 cents higher, while feeder cattle futures were an average of $1.84 higher.
Negotiated cash-fed cattle trade was moderate on good demand in the north through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Choice box beef cutout value was $6 lower Thursday afternoon at $376.79 a hundredweight.
Through late afternoon and through the front four contracts, corn futures were unchanged to a penny higher, Kansas City wheat futures were 3 to 4 cents higher, and soybean futures were 8 to 9 cents lower.
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