Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says at least initially it looks like the cattle futures had already anticipated the ...

June live cattle (LEM26) futures last Friday rose $0.15 to $249.30 and for the week were down $4.60. August feeder cattle ...

August live cattle (LEQ26) futures present a selling opportunity on more price weakness. See on the daily bar chart for ...

The trend has extended into May with the spread remaining well below $5/cwt. with numerous excursions with the Select cutout ...

A standoff between Cargill and the union representing one of its beef plants is rattling cattle prices Wednesday. Live-cattle futures were down close to 1% as the agriculture giant locked out about ...

Beef climbed to all-time highs on Tuesday, a bad sign for shoppers planning summer barbecues. Live cattle futures traded at the CME Group settled at $2.51 per pound on Tuesday, the highest price on ...

Live-cattle futures rose 0.9% to a record $2.4845 a pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, as the market remains concerned about tight cattle and beef supplies. Analysts said workers at a JBS plant ...

Cattle prices are heading into the 2026 grilling season near record highs, while the lead hog futures have been choppy, reflecting seasonal demand dynamics. The last time I addressed the meat futures ...

Live cattle and feeder cattle futures have corrected off recent highs in reaction to a couple different events. Cash steer prices have edged downward off record highs that were reached in late ...

President Donald Trump's comments about high beef prices and subsequent administration actions caused cattle futures to drop. The decline in cattle market prices has not yet resulted in significantly ...

Cattle futures are higher early Friday after seeing some profit taking the last couple of days unable to take out chart resistance, which in live cattle coincides with the 100-day moving average. As a ...