Cattle Current Podcast—Oct.13, 2026

Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael · Oct 12, 2026 · 4m

Cattle futures were mixed on Monday, mostly retaining the previous session’s strong gains.

Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 31¢ higher, except for unchanged to an average of 39¢ lower in the front three contracts.

Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 38¢ lower.

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

Last week, FOB live prices were steady to $2 higher in Nebraska at mostly $222/cwt. and steady to $1 lower in the western Corn belt at mostly $220. Dressed…