The Cattle Market Guys Podcast

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 11-6-2026

Cattle futures fell for an eighth straight session this week, and the TCR Cattle Market Index dropped more than 10% in ten days, even as feeder cattle prices climbed. Bro

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 11-3-2026

Feedlot placements just hit a record low for September, down 12.1 percent from last year and the lowest since USDA began tracking the series in 1996. With feeder steer pr

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 10-30-2026

September feedlot placements fell 12.1% from a year ago, a record low for the month, according to USDA's October Cattle on Feed report. Marketings were also the lowe

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 10-27-2026

September cattle placements and marketings were the lowest for the month since USDA began tracking in 1996, and the squeeze is showing up in feeder calf prices. With 500-

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 10-23-2026

USDA will add a regional negotiated cash cattle report on Monday, October 26, pooling fed cattle trade from Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas. Cash trade h

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 10-20-2026

New World screwworm is back in West Texas cattle. USDA confirmed a case in Pecos County on October 10th, just days after a detection in a dog in Brewster County. With fee

Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 10-13-2026

exican feeder cattle imports are barely trickling across the border, with just 400 head crossing at Santa Teresa, New Mexico, a port that once handled roughly 40 percent

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