The Cattle Market Guys Podcast

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 10-2-2026

Feeder cattle prices climbed again this week, with 500-549 lb steers reaching $401.79/cwt, up $21.89 from a month ago, even as just 17.8% of U.S. cattle purchases now tra

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 9-29-2026

Feeder steer prices are surging on heavy volume, with 500-549 lb steers at $401.79/cwt, up $21.89 from a month ago. Meanwhile, negotiated cash trade has shrunk to just 17

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 9-22-2026

Cattle markets are caught in a tug-of-war: feeder cattle prices bounced hard week-over-week even as futures whipsawed through a third straight losing session before rally

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 9-18-2026

A major New Mexico livestock port is reopening next week after zero new screwworm cases were detected, and it's already sending shockwaves through cattle futures. Wi

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 9-15-2026

Feeder cattle prices just dropped nearly $47 in a month, and futures traders are already pricing in risk from a confirmed screwworm case in southern Texas—the first U.S.

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 9-11-2026

Feeder cattle prices just took a brutal hit — 500-549 lb steers are down nearly $49 per hundredweight in just thirty days, and the 600-649 lb class isn't far behind.

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 9-8-2026

Only 18% of pasture and range conditions are rated good to excellent this week, down sharply from 38% a year ago, and drought coverage across the lower 48 has expanded ov

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 9-4-2026

Cattle prices are cratering as feeder steers drop nearly $25 per hundredweight in just five weeks, and a controversial tariff proclamation benefiting Brazilian beef impor

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 9-1-2026

Feeder cattle prices are sliding fast, and a controversial tariff waiver on Brazilian beef imports is only adding to the chaos. Brock and Jim break down why the cash mark

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 8-28-2026

Feeder cattle futures took a beating this week, with 500-549 weight steers sliding $22 off their July highs and 600-649 weight steers forecast to drop another $27 in just

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 8-25-2026

Trump's surprise 90-day tariff waiver just cracked open the door to 300,000 metric tons of imported beef, and cattle producers are furious—even as feeder cattle pric

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 8-21-2026

Feeder cattle prices are sliding hard across the board, and USDA's WASDE report just extended the bearish outlook all the way through 2027. With plant closures, bord

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 8-18-2026

Tyson just pulled the trigger on a historic contraction—closing or selling three beef plants while bracing for a staggering $650 million operating loss in fiscal 2026. Wi

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 8-14-2026

Tyson is anchoring its entire beef business around just three plants, JBS is shutting down harvesting at its Souderton, Pennsylvania facility today, and USDA is calling t

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 8-11-2026

Feeder cattle have come off their summer highs, but the lighter steers are already firming back up—500- to 549-pound steers ticked up to over $417 per hundredweight this

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 8-7-2026

Feeder cattle prices just took a serious tumble—five hundred to five-forty-nine pound steers dropped from $463.08 to $408.76 per hundredweight in just five weeks, and the

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 7-31-2026

Cattle futures just snapped a brutal 15-day losing streak, feeder cattle prices are sliding fast on lighter weights, and the US-Mexico border is finally set to reopen for

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 7-28-2026

Cattle futures just hit a four-month low, feeder cattle prices are sliding on thin volume, and now USDA drops a bombshell: the US-Mexico border is reopening to cattle tra

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 7-24-2026

Live cattle futures just suffered fifteen straight losing sessions in July, dragging prices to a four-month low before finally stabilizing—but is this a genuine fundament

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 7-17-2026

Cattle futures just hit their lowest close since March, and it's not from one bad day — it's three straight sessions of chart-driven selling stacked on weak cas