Cattle futures are sharply lower on Monday with feeder cattle touching limit down at one point on economic uncertainty according to Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek.

Beef prices are at or near an all-time high and the situation could take years to resolve. Here's why and how it happened.

Cattle markets continue to march higher in 2026, driven by limited inventories and strong demand.  Lightweight calves and stockers were more than 50% higher in late February than one year ago, with heavy feeder prices up over 40% year over year.

Cash cattle fall while boxed beef surges $7.45 per hundredweight. Futures trade below cash amid volatile outside markets.

Cattle futures are higher early Friday in tandem with the bounce in the equity markets and the pull back in crude oil and the energy markets according Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek.

Yesterday, on the drive home from putting on a sell/buy marketing school in Bismarck ND. I was on the phone with sale barn managers and doing some figuring. I talk about these things in my schools. Now it sounds like the nation’s herd size is factoring in,

Across the country, ranchers have fewer cattle than at any point since 1952, leading to rising beef prices. Farmers are still expected to accumulate more debt this year.

February live cattle (LEG26) futures present a buying opportunity on more price strength. See on the daily bar chart for February live cattle futures that prices Monday hit a nearly two-month high and prices are trending up. See, too, at the bottom of the ...

Trump expands beef imports to cut prices, but American cattle ranchers say the real problem squeezing their profits lies elsewhere.

The U.S. beef cattle market should continue flying high but also faces turbulence in 2026 thanks to the lowest inventory in 75 years, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation economist. “With cattle supplies this tight, markets have become more ...

February live cattle (LEG26) futures present a buying opportunity on more price strength. See on the daily bar chart for February live cattle futures that prices are trending higher and have just hit a four-week high. See, too, at the bottom of the chart ...