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Feeder Cattle Aug '26 (GFQ26)

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Feeder Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Slip into the Lock Weekend, with Placements Coming in Below Estimates

Live cattle futures posted Thursday losses of 82 cents to $2.22 at the close, with August holding for gains of $5.45 this week. The Thursday Fed Cattle online auction showed no sales on the 1,466 head offered, with bids at $254. Cash trade has been slow this week, with bids reported at $353-354 on Thursday. Feeder cattle futures were down 30 cents to $1.10 on Friday, as August was still $9.17 higher this week. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $3.04 on June 17 to $367.06. The market will be closed on Friday in observance of Juneteenth.

USDA Cattle on Feed data from this afternoon showed May placements down 9.7% from a year ago and below estimate calling for a 5.5% drop from a year ago. Marketings were down 11.77% compared to 2025 at 1.551 million head. June 1 on feed inventory was 2.09% larger than the same period last year at 11.682 million head.

The weekly Export Sales report showed 10,449 MT of beef sold for 2026 in the week ending on June 11, nearly half of what was... Read more

Cows eating hay in a farm cowshed by Matthias Bockel via Pixabay
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Pig in a pen by AlexRaths via iStock
Hogs Post Mixed Trade to Close the Week

Lean hog futures were 5 to 27 cents higher in the front months on Thursday, with December and beyond, down 12 to 32 cents. July was still down $2.42 this...

Family outside of cow pen by Halfpoint via iStock
Cattle Slip into the Lock Weekend, with Placements Coming in Below Estimates

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Grain field under blue cloudy sky by Thomas Pierre via Unsplash
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Cattle by Penny via Pixabay
Shootin' the Bull about a lot of cattle on feed

On feed came out as expected with 102% on feed (11.7 million head) 90% placed and 88% marketed.

Cattle on Feed

Cattle on Feed - 2026-06-18

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