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Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 19, 2026
Cattle futures were mostly higher Tuesday supported by stronger early-week wholesale beef values and perhaps some lift on news that Cargill’s packing facility at Ft. Morgan, Colo., will resume operations.
Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 72¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 80¢ higher, except for 27¢ lower in the front contract.
Negotiated cash fed cattle trade ranged from limited on light demand in Nebraska to mostly inactive on light demand in the western Corn Belt through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
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