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Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael

Wes Ishmael: cattle business analyst and journalist

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 31, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/30

Cattle futures gained on Tuesday, led once again by Feeder Cattle. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average $1.73 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.88 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 30, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/29

Cattle futures were mainly higher Monday, led by Feeder Cattle. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average 47¢ higher, except for an average of 43¢ lower in the front three contracts. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.07 higher (47¢ higher at the back to $1.55 higher near the front). Negotiated [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 29, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/28

Cattle futures closed mainly higher Friday, supported by firm negotiated cash fed cattle prices. Live Cattle futures closed an average of $1.06 higher. Feeder Cattle futures closed narrowly mixed, from an average of $1.54 higher. Week to week on Friday, Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $1.95 higher. Live Cattle futures closed an [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 25 and 26, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/24

Cattle futures sputtered during Wednesday’s holiday-shortened session. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 75¢ lower. Feeder Cattle futures were narrowly mixed, from an average of 26¢ lower in five contracts to an average of 32¢ higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade ranged from moderate on moderate demand in Nebraska to [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 24, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/23

Cattle futures were lower Tuesday with profit taking and floundering wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.03 lower (7¢ lower toward the back to $2.22 lower at the front), except for 10¢ higher in the back contract. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.48 lower. Negotiated [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 23, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/23

Cattle futures extended gains Monday, supported by Friday’s friendly Cattle on Feed report. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 91¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.13 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in all cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 22, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/21

Cattle futures closed higher Friday and for the week, helped by holding recent gains in cash fed cattle prices and higher wholesale beef values on the day. The monthly Cattle on Feed report (see below) should help optimism. Live Cattle futures closed an average of $1.83 higher. Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 19, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/19

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was moderate on moderate demand in Nebraska and the western Corn Belt through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. FOB live prices were unevenly steady in both regions at $228/cwt. Dressed delivered prices in Nebraska were $3 higher at mostly $358. Although too few to trend, there [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 18, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/18

Cattle futures were lower Wednesday with overbought conditions and some likely profit taking. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 79¢ lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 92¢ lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Wednesday afternoon, according [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 17, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/16

Feeder Cattle futures led Live Cattle higher on Tuesday. Toward the close, Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.15 higher. Live Cattle futures were an average of 30¢ higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 16, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/16

Cattle futures closed mostly higher Monday with follow-through support from last week’s higher cash prices. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 56¢ higher (30¢ to $1.12 higher). Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 43¢ higher, except for an average of 64¢ lower in the back two contracts. Negotiated cash [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 15, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/15

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light to moderate demand in all regions through Friday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. For the week, based on the latest established trade, FOB live prices were $230/cwt., which was $5 higher in Kansas, $5-$10 higher in Nebraska, and $10 higher in the [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 12, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/12

Cattle futures climbed higher Thursday, led by the surge in cash fed cattle prices. Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.15 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.78 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade ranged from moderate on moderate demand in Kansas to light to moderate on moderate demand in the [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 11, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/11

Cattle futures gained on Wednesday. Live Cattle futures closed an average of $1.54 higher, except for 2¢ lower in spot Dec. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.13 higher. They’re up sharply on Thursday with reports of higher cash fed cattle prices. Through Wednesday afternoon, Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec, 10, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/10

Cattle futures wobbled Tuesday with indecisive two-sided trade. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 25¢ higher, except for 53¢ lower in two contracts. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 45¢ lower, except for 32¢ higher in Nov. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand through [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 9, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/09

Cattle futures stepped back from recent gains on Monday with likely profit taking and technical selling. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 81¢ lower, except for 17¢ higher in spot Dec. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.76 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 8, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/07

Cattle futures continued higher Friday on positive fundamentals and the week’s higher cash fed cattle prices. Live Cattle futures closed an average of $2.01 higher (95¢ to $5.70 higher). Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average $7.80 higher ($6.50 higher to $11.57 higher in spot Dec). That’s an average of [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 5, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/05

Cattle futures eased were higher once again Thursday, buoyed by stronger cash fed cattle prices. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.43 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.60 higher, except for 40¢ lower in the back contract. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was moderate on moderate to [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 4, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/04

Cattle futures eased higher Wednesday amid chatter that cash fed cattle prices could improve this week. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 91¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.17 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—Dec. 3, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/12/02

Cattle futures surged higher Tuesday with little apparent cause other than oversold conditions and perhaps easing headline pressure, at least for the day. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $4.75 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $8.41 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light [...]

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