Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 20, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael · Aug 19, 2026 · 6m

Cattle futures lost ground Wednesday with pressure including lower early negotiated cash fed cattle prices and surging corn prices.

Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.13 lower, except for 5¢ higher and unchanged at the back.

Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.64 lower.

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on moderate demand in the North through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.

Although too few transactions to trend, there were some early dressed trades in Nebraska at $355-$360/cwt. Also, too few to trend, there…