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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—Aug. 19, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/18

Cattle futures closed higher again Monday with follow-through support from the previous session and surging wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $1.31 higher (15¢ to $1.82 higher). Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.97 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on moderate demand in [...]

7:51

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 18, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/18

Cattle futures closed higher Friday on stronger wholesale beef values and the fact that USDA’s New World Screwworm update the previous day did not include reopening the U.S. border to Mexican cattle, as some had feared. Live cattle futures closed an average of $3.43 higher. Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $4.53 higher. [...]

6:30

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 11, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/09

Cattle futures closed sharply lower Friday on likely profit taking, week-end positioning and lack of weekly cash fed cattle direction. However, they still posted strong weekly gains. Live cattle futures closed an average of $5.10 lower. Feeder Cattle futures closed mostly limit down, an average of $9.20 lower. However, week to week on Friday, [...]

3:49

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 8. 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/07

Cattle futures continued higher yet again Thursday, riding the same bullish fundamentals. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $3.32 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $5.95 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on moderate demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Thursday afternoon, according [...]

6:38

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 7. 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/07

Cattle futures powered upward Wednesday, helped along by another bounce in wholesale beef values and growing expectations of steady to higher cash fed cattle trade again this week. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $2.04 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.91 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade [...]

5:26

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 6, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/06

Cattle futures charged higher Tuesday, helped along by last week’s record-high cash fed cattle prices and resurgent wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $3.29 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $5.65 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on moderate demand in all major [...]

7:04

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 5, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/04

Cattle futures extended gains Monday, helped along by last week’s stronger negotiated cash fed cattle prices and thoughts that wholesale beef values may have established the seasonal bottom. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of 52¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 78¢ higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade [...]

8:21

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 4, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/08/02

Cattle futures bounced back Friday after the previous session’s sharp decline and despite bearish outside markets. Live cattle futures closed an average of 98¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $1.59 higher. Cattle futures were mostly higher week to week on Friday, which says plenty when considering the sharp downward correction on [...]

7:11

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 1, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/31

Cattle futures closed sharply lower Thursday with likely profit taking, month-end position squaring and technical wariness over the impact of steeper U.S. tariffs on Brazilian beef imports. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $4.68 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $8.59 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was [...]

6:04

Cattle Current Podcast—July 31, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/30

Cattle futures continued to grind higher Wednesday on bullish supply and demand fundamentals. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $2.06 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.74 higher. So far this week, Live Cattle futures are $4.80 higher and Feeder Cattle futures are $7.77 higher. Negotiated cash fed [...]

8:00

Cattle Current Podcast—July 28, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/27

Cattle futures were higher Friday ahead of the monthly Cattle on Feed and semiannual Cattle inventory reports. Live cattle futures were an average of 67¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.08 higher. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures were $3.80 higher and Feeder Cattle futures were $8.34 higher. Negotiated [...]

6:29

Cattle Current Podcast—July 25, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/24

Cattle futures were lower Thursday on likely profit taking and positioning ahead of Friday’s Cattle on Feed and Cattle inventory reports. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of 84¢ lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.39 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on moderate demand in the [...]

3:55

Cattle Current Podcast—July 24, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/23

Cattle futures gapped higher Wednesday, supported by outside markets and perhaps some early positioning ahead of the monthly Cattle on Feed and semiannual Cattle inventory reports due out Friday. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $2.25 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.39 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle [...]

5:33

Cattle Current Podcast—July 23, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/22

Cattle futures moved higher Tuesday, except for slightly lower in nearby Live Cattle contracts. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of 50¢ higher, except for an average of 37¢ lower in the front three contracts. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.16 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly [...]

5:42

Cattle Current Podcast—July 22, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/21

Cattle futures gained ground Monday, buoyed by the Live Cattle discount to cash, as well as ongoing strong cash demand for feeder cattle. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $1.92 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.76 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on moderate [...]

5:40

Cattle Current Podcast—July 21, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/19

Cattle futures closed lower Friday with likely week-end profit taking. Live cattle futures closed an average of 72¢ lower (12¢ lower in spot Aug to $1.00 lower). Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $1.39 lower. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average of 77¢ higher (12¢ higher toward the [...]

7:04

Cattle Current Podcast—July 18, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/17

Cattle futures wobbled Thursday, awaiting the week’s cash fed cattle direction while wholesale beef values continue their seasonal decline. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of 48¢ lower, except for 2¢ higher in the back contract. Feeder Cattle futures were mixed, from unchanged to an average of 34¢ lower in the [...]

5:30

Cattle Current Podcast—July 17, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/16

Cattle futures extended gains Wednesday, supported by supply fundamentals and the cash premium to Live Cattle futures. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $1.47 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.56 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on moderate demand in all major cattle feeding regions [...]

5:26

Cattle Current Podcast—July 16, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/15

Cattle futures closed higher Tuesday as traders retrenched with expectations of cash fed cattle prices at least mirroring last week’s hefty gains. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $2.25 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.79 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on moderate demand in [...]

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Cattle Current Podcast—July 15, 2025

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2025/07/15

Cattle futures reversed Monday on likely profit taking from last week’s heady gains as traders await this week’s cash fed cattle direction and eye seasonally slumping wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average of $1.92 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.82 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle [...]

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