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Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 25, 2026
Cattle futures opened higher Monday, supported by the lower July feedlot placements in Friday’s Cattle on Feed report but then turned negative with pressure including last week’s lower negotiated cash fed cattle prices and negative psychology surrounding Monday’s re-opening of the port of entry in Douglas, Ariz., to feeder cattle imports from Mexico.
Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $3.04 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.05 lower.
Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in the North through Monday afternoon, according to…
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