# After the Bell | Steep cash discounts spur cattle surge - Pro Farmer

> August live cattle rose $4.475 to $216.825 and feeder cattle rose $5.275, both setting contract highs as futures narrowed discounts to cash cattle. In grains, July corn rose 3/4 cent to $4.39 1/2 and July soybeans gained 6 3/4 cents on positive Trump-Xi talks. Wheat and hogs were mixed.

- Date: 2025-06-05 · published 2025-06-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12601-after-the-bell-steep-cash-discounts-spur-cattle-surge-pro-farmer
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Narrowing futures discounts to cash reflects strong cattle demand and tight supplies, while the soybean rally on trade optimism supports soybean meal values used in feed formulation.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-09 | 5 | +3.9% | 2.9 | On June 5 August live cattle jumped $4.475 to a contract high as futures closed their discount to strong cash cattle, directly driving the 5-day gain. |

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/news/after-bell/after-bell-steep-cash-discounts-spur-cattle-surge

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