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Cattle Current Podcast—Oct. 1, 2026
Cattle futures gained Wednesday, helped by lower Corn futures.
Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.90 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $4.58 higher.
Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on light demand in the North through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Although too few transactions to trend, there were some FOB live trades in Nebraska at $219-$219.50/cwt. and some dressed delivered trades in the western Corn Belt at $348-$352.
So far this week, dressed delivered prices in Nebraska are steady to $3 higher…
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