Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael

Recent Episodes

Cattle Current Podcast—Feb. 28, 2023

Posted February 27, 2023 • 00:06:36

Wholesale beef prices and consumer resilience maintain their strong trends. Choice boxed beef cutout value was $1.06 higher Monday afternoon at 288.34/cwt....

Cattle Current Podcast—Feb. 27, 2023

Posted February 26, 2023 • 00:06:59

Through Friday afternoon’s report, weekly negotiated cash fed cattle trade had yet to be established in the Southern Plains. Prices were higher in...

Cattle Current Podcast—Feb. 24, 2023

Posted February 23, 2023 • 00:07:40

Cattle futures — especially Feeder Cattle — gained Thursday with sharply lower nearby Corn futures, as well as likely positioning ahead of Friday’s...

Cattle Current Podcast—Feb. 23, 2023

Posted February 22, 2023 • 00:06:12

Feeder Cattle futures gained on lower Corn futures, closing an average of 83¢ higher.

Live Cattle futures closed an average of 17¢ higher,...

Cattle Current Podcast—Feb. 22, 2023

Posted February 21, 2023 • 00:06:03

Historically strong February wholesale beef values and dwindling beef production, compounded by reduced feedlot performance due to winter weather, helped...