Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 14, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael · Aug 14, 2026 · 5m

Cattle futures were lower again, pressured by weaker early cash fed cattle prices and perhaps prescience about news from Tyson later in the day that it was shuttering its packing facility in Joslin, Ill., ending production at its case ready facility in Eagle Mountain, Utah and seeking a buyer for its packing facility in Pasco, Wash. (see below).

Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.58 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.68 lower.

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was moderate on moderate to good demand in Nebraska through Thursday afternoon, according to…