# US cattle markets surge as prices hit multi-year highs

> Fed cattle traded at $191-192 per hundredweight in the South and $193-195 live in the North in the week before December 17. USDA cut its 2025 second and third quarter beef production forecasts, which it linked to the closure of feeder cattle imports from Mexico. The article notes uncertainty over a possible USDA decision to reopen the border.

- Date: 2025-01-01 · published 2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27091-us-cattle-markets-surge-as-prices-hit-multi-year-highs
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower projected beef output from reduced feeder imports tightens supplies and supports cattle prices, while any border reopening could ease feeder prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/market-news/us-cattle-markets-surge-as-prices-hit-multi-year-highs

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