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Cattle Current Podcast—Sept. 21, 2026
Cattle futures sputtered Friday and ended the week lower with apparent squeamishness about the Cattle on Feed report that was published after the session and wonderment about the impact of next week’s resumption of Mexican feeder cattle imports through the port of entry at Santa Teresa, New Mexico Sept. 24. Turned out that the Cattle on Feed report was friendly (see below) and could support a bounce higher when the new week begins.
Live Cattle futures closed an average of 42¢ lower, except for an average of 24¢ higher in the front three contracts. Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of…
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