Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael

9:26

Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 12, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/10/10

Cattle futures rallied on Friday as Corn futures tanked on USDA’s latest production estimates (see below). Live Cattle futures closed an average of $2.73 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $7.09 higher. Week to week on Friday, Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $10.29 higher and Live Cattle futures closed an [...]

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7:53

Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 9, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/10/09

Cattle futures weakened on Thursday as traders eyed softer wholesale beef values, volatile outside markets and waited for the weeks cash fed cattle price direction. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 85¢ lower, except for 30¢ higher in spot Oct. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.40 lower, except [...]

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7:38

Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 8, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/10/07

Cattle futures took a breather on Wednesday with likely profit taking from the previous day’s rally. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 41¢ lower, except for an average of 22¢ higher in three contracts. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.22 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive [...]

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6:04

Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 7, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/10/06

Cattle futures took a strong step higher Tuesday, buoyed by outside markets and the early-week increase in Choice wholesale beef values. There could also have been some knee-jerk reaction to President Trump’s executive order to waive penalties and defer taxes for highway use of red-dye diesel for the remainder of the year, but plenty [...]

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7:07

Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 6, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/10/05

Cattle futures continued lower on Monday, with last week’s wobbly cash fed cattle prices and lower wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.34 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.96 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in the North through [...]

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10:10

Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 5, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/10/03

Cattle futures weakened Friday, with sharply lower week-end wholesale beef prices and wobbly negotiated cash fed cattle prices. Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.05 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.74 lower. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average of 71¢ lower, except for 32¢ higher [...]

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4:19

Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 2, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/10/01

Cattle futures held their own on Thursday, despite sluggish negotiated cash fed cattle trade and a step lower in wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 58¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.84 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was moderate on good demand in [...]

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6:55

Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 1, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/30

Cattle futures gained Wednesday, helped by lower Corn futures. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.90 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.58 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on light demand in the North through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Although too [...]

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6:28

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 30, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/29

Cattle futures were mixed to mainly higher on Tuesday. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 11¢ lower to an average of 28¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.62 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade ranged from limited on light demand in Nebraska to mostly inactive on light [...]

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6:59

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 29, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/28

Cattle futures softened Monday, pressured by bearish outside markets, along with month-end and quarter-end positioning. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 80¢ lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.42 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in the North through Monday afternoon, according to [...]

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8:58

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 28, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/27

Cattle futures closed higher Friday and for the week with strength from tight numbers, higher cash feeder cattle prices and stronger wholesale beef values. Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.28 higher, except for 20¢ lower in waning spot Oct. Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $3.01 higher. Week to week on [...]

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4:47

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 24, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/23

Cattle futures boomeranged back Wednesday, helped by oversold conditions and lower corn futures prices. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.31 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $6.02 higher, except for 87¢ lower in waning spot Sep. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in [...]

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3:27

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 23, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/22

Cattle futures pulled back Tuesday, with some likely profit taking from the previous session’s strong gains. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.90 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.94 lower, except unchanged in the front contract. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in [...]

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8:46

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 22, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/21

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 (see below). Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $5.06 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $8.31 higher. Negotiated [...]

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7:18

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 21, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/19

Cattle futures sputtered Friday and ended the week lower with apparent squeamishness about the Cattle on Feed report that was published after the session and wonderment about the impact of next week’s resumption of Mexican feeder cattle imports through the port of entry at Santa Teresa, New Mexico Sept. 24. Turned out that the [...]

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6:40

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 18, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/17

Cattle futures were lower again Thursday, with steady to lower negotiated cash fed cattle prices and likely positioning ahead of Friday’s Cattle on Feed report. Depending on the estimates considered, analysts expect August placements to be down about 3%, August marketing to be about 4% less and the Sept. 1 cattle on feed inventory [...]

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4:46

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 17, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/16

Cattle futures softened further Wednesday, pressured by bearish outside markets, and likely profit taking as traders await the week’s negotiated cash fed cattle direction. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.79 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $5.10 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle was mostly inactive on light [...]

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5:54

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 16, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/15

Cattle futures were lower Tuesday with likely profit taking from the recent gains. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.70 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.43 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle was inactive on light demand in the North through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing [...]

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9:07

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 14, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/13

Cattle futures ended Friday and the week higher, supported by the step higher in negotiated cash fed cattle prices and lower grain futures. Live Cattle futures closed an average of $2.33 higher. Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $4.56 higher. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average of $6.35 [...]

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4:32

Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 11, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael ·

2026/09/10

Cattle futures strengthened on Thursday, supported by stronger cash feeder cattle prices and thoughts that negotiated cash fed cattle prices could follow suit. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 84¢ higher, except for unchanged in two contracts. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.74 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle [...]

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