The Cattle Market Guys Podcast
Sep 22, 2026 · 10 min · 14 segments
``` Cattle markets are caught in a tug-of-war: feeder cattle prices bounced hard week-over-week even as futures whipsawed through a third straight losing session before rallying on surprise placement…
Looking at the numbers on the 500 to 549 weight steers, current price is $397.50 per hundred weight.
That's up $14.85 week over week, but month over month, it's actually down 78 cents.
Well, that's a market that can't make up its mind, Brock.
That's a fair way to put
it.
Now on the 600 to 649 weight class, current price is $357.62 per hundred weight, up $8.45 week over week, but down $3.16 on the month.
So both weight classes showing that same pattern, strong weekly bounce, but still soft compared to where we were a month ago.
The one-week forecast on those lighter calves has them pushing up toward $403 per hundredweight, while the four-week outlook pulls back to $366.55.
So
we're due for another dip after this little rally.
According to the forecast models, yeah, that's the read.
And the article context backs that up.
The cattle site reported futures fell for a third straight session on September 19th, tied to weaker packer margins and some technical selling.
But then by September 22nd, futures rallied on lower than expected placement numbers ahead of the USDA feedlot report.
Cattle Ranges Daily Index confirms that whiplash, too, down 0.73% on the 18th, then up 2.96% by the 21st.
Sounds like a horse that won't settle in the chute, buck in one direction then the other before you even get the gate open.
That's about right.
Volume context on both weight classes is average, so this isn't some anomaly driven by thin trading.
This is a real market trying to find its footing.
Looking at the numbers on the 500 to 549 weight steers, current price is $397.50 per hundred weight.
That's up $14.85 week over week, but month over month, it's actually down 78 cents.
Well, that's a market that can't make up its mind, Brock.
That's a fair way to put
it.
Now on the 600 to 649 weight class, current price is $357.62 per hundred weight, up $8.45 week over week, but down $3.16 on the month.
So both weight classes showing that same pattern, strong weekly bounce, but still soft compared to where we were a month ago.
The one-week forecast on those lighter calves has them pushing up toward $403 per hundredweight, while the four-week outlook pulls back to $366.55.
So
we're due for another dip after this little rally.
According to the forecast models, yeah, that's the read.
And the article context backs that up.
The cattle site reported futures fell for a third straight session on September 19th, tied to weaker packer margins and some technical selling.
But then by September 22nd, futures rallied on lower than expected placement numbers ahead of the USDA feedlot report.
Cattle Ranges Daily Index confirms that whiplash, too, down 0.73% on the 18th, then up 2.96% by the 21st.
Sounds like a horse that won't settle in the chute, buck in one direction then the other before you even get the gate open.
That's about right.
Volume context on both weight classes is average, so this isn't some anomaly driven by thin trading.
This is a real market trying to find its footing.
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