Your browser of choice has not been tested for use with Barchart.com. If you have issues, please download one of the browsers listed here.
Stocks | Futures | Watchlist | News | More
or
Faster, Cleaner, Better.

Live Cattle Apr '26 (LEJ26)

[[ item.lastPrice ]] [[ item.priceChange ]] ([[ item.percentChange ]]) [[ item.tradeTime ]] [CME]
[[ item.bidPrice ]] x [[ item.bidSize ]] [[ item.askPrice ]] x [[ item.askSize ]]
[[ rootItem.symbol ]]underlying price [[ rootItem.lastPrice ]] [[ rootItem.priceChange ]] ([[ rootItem.percentChange ]]) [[ rootItem.tradeTime ]]
Live Cattle Prices for [[ item.sessionDateDisplayLong ]]
Find the latest Live Cattle prices and Live Cattle futures quotes for all active contracts below.
[[ timeframe ]] futures price quotes as of Fri, Jan 30th, 2026.
Latest price quotes as of [[ snapshotDate ]].
[[ timeframe ]] futures price quotes, based on [[ timeframe ]] data.
Looking for expired contracts? Check out our Live Cattle Historical Prices page.

Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Mixed on Friday

Live cattle futures are gaining steam from the cash market, with February up $1.10 at midday. April is up 7 cents with other contracts lower. Cash trade has came in a $238-240 live across the country and $375-378 dressed. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales of $240-241 live on 719 head, with dressed trade at 375 on 36 head of the 1,510 head listed. Feeder cattle futures are falling $3.95 to $4.35 so far on Friday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $2.70 to $366.69 on January 28.

Thursday afternoon’s update from APHIS showed 4 new cases of new world screwworm in Tamaulipas and 1 new case on San Luis Potosi, taking the total active cases in those Mexican states to 13.

The annual Cattle Inventory report from USDA will be released later today, with traders looking for all cattle an calves down 0.3% from last year.  Beef cows are seen up 0.4%, with replacement heifers up 1.7% yr/yr.

Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were mixed in the Frida... Read more

  • Shootin' the Bull about inventory

    In my opinion, the inventory report showed us pretty much what was expected.  That being, liquidation has been halted with fledgling signs of expansion....

  • Agricultural Prices

    Agricultural Prices - 2026-01-30

  • Cattle Mixed on Friday

    Live cattle futures are gaining steam from the cash market, with February up $1.10 at midday. April is up 7 cents with other contracts lower. Cash trade...

  • Hogs Slipping Lower on Friday

    Lean hog futures are down 10 to 35 cents at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $83.89 on Friday morning, down 49 cents from the previous...

  • Cattle Look to Close Out the Week After Back and Forth Trade

    Live cattle futures saw weakness of $1.10 to $1.50 across most contracts on Thursday. Open interest was up 820 contracts on Thursday. Cash trade has yet...

  • Hogs Traders Look to Round Out the Week

    Lean hog futures were mixed on Thursday, with nearby February down 25 cents and other contracts 30 to 45 points higher. Preliminary open interest was up...

Want to use this as
your default charts setting?
Save this setup as a Chart Templates
Switch the Market flag
for targeted data from your country of choice.
Open the menu and switch the
Market flag for targeted data from your country of choice.
Want Streaming Chart Updates?
Switch your Site Preferences
to use Interactive Charts
Need More Chart Options?
Right-click on the chart to open the Interactive Chart menu.
Use your up/down arrows to move through the symbols.
Free Barchart Webinar