Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael

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Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 19, 2025

Posted August 18, 202500:07:47

Cattle futures closed higher again Monday with follow-through support from the previous session and surging wholesale beef values.

Toward the...

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 18, 2025

Posted August 17, 202500:07:51

Cattle futures closed higher Friday on stronger wholesale beef values and the fact that USDA’s New World Screwworm update the previous day did not...

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 11, 2025

Posted August 9, 202500:06:30

Cattle futures closed sharply lower Friday on likely profit taking, week-end positioning and lack of weekly cash fed cattle direction. However, they...

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 8. 2025

Posted August 7, 202500:03:49

Cattle futures continued higher yet again Thursday, riding the same bullish fundamentals.

Toward the close, Live cattle futures were an average...

Cattle Current Podcast—Aug. 7. 2025

Posted August 6, 202500:06:38

Cattle futures powered upward Wednesday, helped along by another bounce in wholesale beef values and growing expectations of steady to higher cash fed...