Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael
Sep 21, 2026 · 9 min · 7 segments
Cattle futures stepped confidently higher Monday, buoyed by Friday’s Cattle on Feed report with placements 9.2% less year over year and 6.5% less than pre-report estimates with snug supplies ahead…
Wes IshmaelHost
Cattle futures stepped confidently higher Monday, buoyed by Friday's Cattle on Feed report, with placements 9.2% less year-over-year and 6.5% less than pre-report estimates, with snug supplies still ahead.
Toward the close, live cattle futures were an average of $5.06 higher, and feeder cattle futures were an average of $8.31 higher.
Negotiated cash-fit cattle trade was inactive on light demand in the north through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Choice box beef cutout value was $4.41 higher Monday afternoon at $376.35 hundredweight.
Through late afternoon and through the front four contracts, soybean futures were 20 to 23 cents higher, corn futures were 13 to 15 cents higher, and Kansas City wheat futures were 8 to 10 cents higher.
Cattle futures stepped confidently higher Monday, buoyed by Friday's Cattle on Feed report, with placements 9.2% less year-over-year and 6.5% less than pre-report estimates, with snug supplies still ahead.
Toward the close, live cattle futures were an average of $5.06 higher, and feeder cattle futures were an average of $8.31 higher.
Negotiated cash-fit cattle trade was inactive on light demand in the north through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Choice box beef cutout value was $4.41 higher Monday afternoon at $376.35 hundredweight.
Through late afternoon and through the front four contracts, soybean futures were 20 to 23 cents higher, corn futures were 13 to 15 cents higher, and Kansas City wheat futures were 8 to 10 cents higher.
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