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Live Cattle Dec '25 (LEZ25)

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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Buy the Fact on Screwworm Confirmation, with Feeders Rallying the Limit

Live cattle futures were in rally mode on Thursday with gains of $2.55 to $4.80. Cash trade has crept up to $256-257 the week, with sales of $403-407 in the beef. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange showed sales of $256.50 on 284 of the 1,116 head offered and another $405-$405.50 dressed sales on another 80 head. Feeder cattle futures bought the fact following the screwworm confirmation on Wednesday, with gains of $10.40 to the $10.75 limit. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down another $4.93 on June 1 to $359.21.

Late on Wednesday evening, the USDA confirmed a case of the New World Screwworm in South Texas after testing a suspected case in a 3-week old calf in Zavala county. 

The Thursday APHIS update on the New World Screwworm showed a total of 2,077 active cases of in Mexico as of Wednesday. There were 155 active cases in the bordering state of Tamaulipas (10 within a range of 79-98 miles of the US border), 83 active in Nuevo Leon (28 within a range of 50-98 miles of the... Read more

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Cattle Buy the Fact on Screwworm Confirmation, with Feeders Rallying the Limit

Live cattle futures were in rally mode on Thursday with gains of $2.55 to $4.80. Cash trade has crept up to $256-257 the week, with sales of $403-407 in...

Pig resting in pen on hay by Annette Meyer via Pixabay
Hogs Slips Lower on Thursday

Lean hog futures posted 30 to 70 cent losses on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $95.66 on Thursday PM, up $1.30 from the day...

Herd of young calves looking at camera_ Image by Symbiot via Adobe Stock_
Pure Hedge - Livestock and Grain

What a Day! The Cattle and Grain Markets Are Not Done Yet...

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Grains Slide Deeper as Cattle Stage a Comeback — Feeders Slam Limit Up

Grains kept bleeding into the afternoon, with corn hitting fresh contract lows, soybeans finally cracking 30-plus cents, and wheat grinding toward key...

Cattle in feed lot by Clinton Austin via iStock
Shootin' the Bull about no weak hearts

This is no place for the weak at heart. Few fundamentals appeared to have changed this week, leading me to anticipate more volatility and price expanse....

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Corn Collapse Continues on Thursday

Corn futures continued their death spiral liquidation from the last few weeks, with contracts down another 5 to 8 1/4 cents at the close. The CmdtyView...

Cattle Buy the Fact on Screwworm Confirmation, with Feeders Rallying the Limit

Live cattle futures were in rally mode on Thursday with gains of $2.55 to $4.80. Cash trade has crept up to $256-257 the week, with sales of $403-407 in...

Hogs Slips Lower on Thursday

Lean hog futures posted 30 to 70 cent losses on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $95.66 on Thursday PM, up $1.30 from the day...

Cotton Falls on Thursday, with Modest Outside Pressure

Cotton futures closed the Thursday session with most contracts 136 to 216 points lower on the day. The US dollar index was down $0.080 at $99.425. Crude...

Soybeans Face Product Pressure on Thursday, with Double Digit Losses

Soybeans fell 20 to 27 cents across most contracts on Thursday, as product values added some pressure. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price...

Wheat Weakness Pushes to Thursday

The wheat complex extended the weakness on Thursday, with losses across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures fell 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 cents on Thursday. KC...

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