# Cattle Collapsing as Spec Longs Head for the Exits

> Barchart reports live and feeder cattle futures hit expanded daily limits on October 27 as speculative longs liquidated. Cash fed cattle traded at $238-240 the prior week, and the CME Feeder Cattle Index fell to $367.08. Mexico's agriculture ministry was reportedly heading to Washington to discuss reopening the border to cattle imports.

- Date: 2025-10-27 · published 2025-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22523-cattle-collapsing-as-spec-longs-head-for-the-exits
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations of Mexican feeder cattle imports resuming would add supply to the US feeder market, pressuring feeder prices and reducing near-term feeder cattle demand for grain.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-08-01 | [The battlefronts facing the live cattle trade \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39975-the-battlefronts-facing-the-live-cattle-trade-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | +3.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-04-30 | [US live cattle, feeder cattle futures end lower - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5417-us-live-cattle-feeder-cattle-futures-end-lower-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -1.9% | +1.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-06-17 | [May cattle exports near 60,000 head - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40865-may-cattle-exports-near-60-000-head-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +0.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-01-01 | [Canada Blocks Texas Cattle as Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to the US After 60 Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66963-canada-blocks-texas-cattle-as-flesh-eating-screwworm-returns-to-the-us-after-60.md) | -0.4% | +1.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-05-09 | [Cattle Market Expectations for Fall Under COVID-19 - Northern Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53273-cattle-market-expectations-for-fall-under-covid-19-northern-ag-network.md) | +4.3% | +7.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-04-30 | [US live cattle, feeder cattle futures end lower - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5417-us-live-cattle-feeder-cattle-futures-end-lower-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -2.7% | +6.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-06-17 | [May cattle exports near 60,000 head - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40865-may-cattle-exports-near-60-000-head-beef-central.md) | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-01-01 | [Canada Blocks Texas Cattle as Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to the US After 60 Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66963-canada-blocks-texas-cattle-as-flesh-eating-screwworm-returns-to-the-us-after-60.md) | +0.3% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- barchart.com: https://www.barchart.com/story/news/35705296/cattle-collapsing-as-spec-longs-head-for-the-exits

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