Tight provide lifts US cattle futures
19 September 2025
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Chicago Mercantile Change (CME) reside and feeder cattle futures rose on Thursday on a good cattle provide, although business specialists expressed doubt over shopper demand for beef as considerations grew over the US financial outlook, Reuters reported.
CME December reside cattle ended 1.475 cents larger to 234.15 cents per pound.
October feeder cattle rose 2.6 cents to finish at 351.725 cents per pound.
Wholesale beef costs have continued to say no following the tip of the summer season grilling season. Alternative cuts declined by $2.37 to $385.81 per cwt, whereas choose cuts have been down $5.06 to $361.31 per cwt.
In the meantime, merchants proceed to place for the USDA’s month-to-month Cattle on Feed report on Friday. Analysts surveyed by Reuters on common anticipated the federal government to report the variety of cattle in US feedlots as of September 1 at 11.097 million head, down 0.9% from a yr in the past.
Analysts on common estimated the variety of cattle positioned into feedlots throughout August can be down 9% from a yr earlier and marketings have been seen down 12.8% from a yr in the past.
CME October hogs settled 0.15 cent larger at 97.475 cents per pound. On Thursday afternoon, the hog carcass cutout rose by 97 cents to $111.95 per cwt.
