# CME live cattle touch contract highs, feeder cattle climb

> Live and feeder cattle futures climbed to contract highs on strong cash prices and tight supplies, with August feeder cattle up 5% for the week. USDA also halted Mexican cattle imports again to keep out New World screwworm and cut its 2025 beef production estimate by 0.6%.

- Date: 2025-07-11 · published 2025-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23891-cme-live-cattle-touch-contract-highs-feeder-cattle-climb
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Import halts and lower beef output tighten cattle supplies, supporting cattle prices and reducing feedlot demand for feed inputs.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-14 | 1 | +2.4% | 3.0 | Live and feeder cattle futures hit contract highs on tight supplies, strong cash prices, the renewed Mexican import halt and a lower USDA beef production estimate, which sets up the momentum behind the 7/14 move. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2024-12-02 | [Feeder cattle futures set July high - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27084-feeder-cattle-futures-set-july-high-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -1.4% | +0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-29 | [U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit highest levels since July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27555-u-s-livestock-feeder-cattle-hit-highest-levels-since-july.md) | -1.5% | +1.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-05 | [LIVESTOCK-CME feeder cattle rise to two-week high on screwworm worries \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12086-livestock-cme-feeder-cattle-rise-to-two-week-high-on-screwworm-worries.md) | +1.8% | +2.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-28 | [Bulls Run on Live Cattle Futures \| Traders' Insight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24797-bulls-run-on-live-cattle-futures-traders-insight.md) | +1.0% | +1.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-01-30 | [Feeder cattle prices should remain at historical highs in 2025 - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26636-feeder-cattle-prices-should-remain-at-historical-highs-in-2025-grainews.md) | -3.5% | -1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-12-02 | [Feeder cattle futures set July high - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27084-feeder-cattle-futures-set-july-high-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | +0.8% | +3.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-11-29 | [U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit highest levels since July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27555-u-s-livestock-feeder-cattle-hit-highest-levels-since-july.md) | +0.7% | +3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-28 | [Bulls Run on Live Cattle Futures \| Traders' Insight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24797-bulls-run-on-live-cattle-futures-traders-insight.md) | +0.9% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- tradingview.com: https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2025:newsml_L1N3T80YB:0-cme-live-cattle-touch-contract-highs-feeder-cattle-climb/

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