# Live cattle futures continue to fall - CME
						 | The Cattle Site

> CME live cattle futures hit their lowest levels since June on Tuesday after larger-than-expected US feedlot placements and inventories reported by USDA. Feeder cattle also slid to multi-month lows, while packers bought cattle cheaper in the cash market.

- Date: 2023-10-25 · published 2023-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10310-live-cattle-futures-continue-to-fall-cme-the-cattle-site
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A perceived turn in herd-size direction weighs on cattle prices and could slow feedlot demand for feed grains over the coming year.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-11-23 | [US cattle futures sag - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7971-us-cattle-futures-sag-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -1.3% | -3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-07-26 | [Fund-selling extends CME live cattle futures losses](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70102-fund-selling-extends-cme-live-cattle-futures-losses.md) | -1.1% | -6.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-06-27 | [Live cattle weaken on slowing demand - CME
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35614-live-cattle-weaken-on-slowing-demand-cme-the-beef-site.md) | -0.6% | +1.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-04-21 | [Cattle Falls Out of the Long Weekend](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11325-cattle-falls-out-of-the-long-weekend.md) | +2.0% | +4.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-04-25 | [Beef production continues to be down in 2022 - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41788-beef-production-continues-to-be-down-in-2022-progressive-cattle-ag-proud.md) | +0.5% | -3.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-11-11 | [CME update: feed cattle futures dip as corn prices rise
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7939-cme-update-feed-cattle-futures-dip-as-corn-prices-rise-the-cattle-site.md) | -2.5% | -2.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-05-25 | [Feeder cattle futures sink on surprise feedlot data - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19409-feeder-cattle-futures-sink-on-surprise-feedlot-data-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | +0.5% | +5.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-06-27 | [Live cattle weaken on slowing demand - CME
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35614-live-cattle-weaken-on-slowing-demand-cme-the-beef-site.md) | +6.1% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- thecattlesite.com: https://www.thecattlesite.com/news/live-cattle-futures-continue-to-fall-cme

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