218: Volatile, Violent, and Not Over Yet: Cattle Market Reality Check with Dan and Samantha
The cattle market just put producers through one of the wildest years in recent memory, and this episode does not sugarcoat it. Lauren Moylan sits down with Dan Gerhold and Samantha Cozza-Wright to unpack a year defined by $400–$500 per head price swings, an $80 per hundredweight collapse in two months, dead cat bounces on low open interest, and a cash market that refuses to roll over. They dig into why producers froze on coverage during the rally, panicked on the way down, and now hesitate again as prices snap back. From shrinking cash transparency in Texas and unseasonably strong ground…
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