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Wes Ishmael: cattle business analyst and journalist

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Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 22, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/21

Cattle futures closed higher for a consecutive second session, and for the week, helped along by stronger outside markets and ongoing bullish fundamentals. Live cattle futures were an average of $1.18 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.44 higher. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average of $3.92 [...]

6:41

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept 19, 2025

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2025/09/18

Cattle futures regained some footing Thursday with some likely positioning ahead of Friday’s monthly Cattle on Feed report. Depending on who you follow, August placements are estimated to be nearly 9% less year over year with August marketing down about 13% and the Sept. 1 cattle on feed inventory down nearly 1%. Toward the [...]

4:48

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 18, 2025

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2025/09/17

Cattle futures continued lower Wednesday, hampered by wariness ahead of the Fed’s interest rate announcement and swift declines in wholesale beef prices. Negotiated cash fed trade cattle was limited on moderate demand in the Texas Panhandle through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Although too few to trend, there were some early [...]

4:26

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 17, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/16

Cattle futures gave back some of the previous session’s gains with declining wholesale beef prices and the outlook for perhaps lower cash fed cattle trade again this week. Pressure may have also included USDA confirmation the previous day of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a Nebraska dairy cattle herd. Toward the close, [...]

7:24

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 16, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/16

Cattle futures climbed back Monday as funds appeared to retrench following last week’s losses. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $4.42 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $6.81 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light to moderate demand in all major cattle feeding regions through [...]

4:36

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 12. 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/11

Cattle futures regained some ground Thursday. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $1.17 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.03 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was moderate on moderate demand in Nebraska through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. So far this week, FOB live [...]

6:20

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 11, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/10

Live Cattle futures firmed and clawed higher Wednesday, while all but the front months drifted lower in Feeder Cattle. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $1.21 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.40 lower, except for an average of $1.06 higher in the front two contracts. Negotiated [...]

4:19

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 10, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/10

Cattle futures plunged Tuesday with technical correction, exaggerated by apparent fund selling and wariness over seasonal pressure on cash fed cattle prices and wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $5.93 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were limit down $9.25, except for $7.80 lower in the back contract. [...]

7:07

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 9, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/09

Cattle futures were mostly higher Monday but hesitantly. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of 58¢ higher, except for 22¢ lower in spot Oct. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 98¢ higher, except for 65¢ lower in away Sep. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand [...]

7:35

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 8, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/07

Cattle futures were softer again Friday with pressure from declining wholesale beef values and lower outside markets. Live cattle futures closed an average of $1.26 lower. Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $2.34 lower, except for unchanged in spot Sep. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average of $3.60 [...]

5:43

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 3, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/09/03

Cattle futures were mixed Tuesday after a strong start with likely pressure from more bearish outside markets. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were narrowly mixed, from an average of 10¢ lower in six contracts to an average of 14¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were mixed, from an average of 85¢ lower in four [...]

6:29

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 1-2, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/30

Cattle futures regained the previous session’s losses and more on Friday as traders retrenched for the beginning of a new month. Live cattle futures were an average of $2.70 higher and Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.89 higher. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average of $2.61 higher [...]

4:35

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 29, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/28

Cattle futures closed lower Thursday with likely profit taking ahead of the long weekend. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $2.03 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.87 lower, except for 55¢ higher in expiring Aug. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was moderate on moderate demand in Kansas [...]

4:38

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 28, 2025

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2025/08/27

Cattle futures continued to push higher Wednesday. As the week wears on there is likely to be some profit taking ahead of the long weekend. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of 70¢ higher, except for 17¢ lower in waning spot Aug. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 96¢ higher. [...]

6:18

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 27, 2025

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2025/08/26

Cattle futures rebounded and gained on bullish fundamentals Tuesday, following the previous session’s volatility tied to news of New World screwworm confirmed in a U.S. resident, who was infected while traveling in South America. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $1.57 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.81 [...]

8:16

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 26, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/26

Cattle futures gapped lower on the open Monday, pressured by Friday’s Cattle on Feed report and Headlines about a human case of New World screwworm being confirmed in the U.S. (see below). However, Cattle futures recovered much of the lost ground by the end of the session. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were [...]

6:26

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 25, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/23

Cattle futures surged higher Friday, supported by strong fundamentals and perhaps receiving a boost from stronger outside markets. Live cattle futures were an average of $1.73 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.18 higher. Week to week on Friday, Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $16.86 higher and Live Cattle were [...]

5:09

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 22, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/21

Cattle futures traded both sides of steady through Thursday but were mainly higher toward the close. Live cattle futures were an average of 58¢ higher, except for unchanged and 7¢ lower in the front two contracts. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 87¢ higher. Keep in mind that USDA will release the monthly [...]

6:03

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 21, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/20

Stronger cash fed cattle prices and the recent surge in wholesale beef value helped drive Cattle futures higher on Wednesday. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $2.92 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $5.97 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was moderate on moderate demand in Nebraska through [...]

6:28

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 20, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/19

Cattle futures continued mostly higher Tuesday with continued power from fundamental strength. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of 73¢ higher (5¢ to $1.55 higher), except for 42¢ lower in spot Aug. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.49 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light to [...]

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