Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 26, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael · Oct 25, 2026 · 8m

Cattle futures closed mostly higher Friday, ahead of the monthly Cattle on Feed report which turned out to be market friendly (see below).

Live Cattle futures were an average of 28¢ higher, except for unchanged and 10¢ lower in two contracts. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.34 higher. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average of $2.16 higher and Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $6.48 higher.

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in the North through Friday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.

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