# Cattle futures lower to start the week - Brownfield Ag News

> December live cattle closed $2.55 lower at $181.32 and January feeders closed $3.32 lower at $236.42. Boxed beef fell on light demand, and estimated slaughter was 122,000 head, down 3,000 on the week.

- Date: 2023-11-06 · published 2023-11-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33317-cattle-futures-lower-to-start-the-week-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower feeder and live cattle futures signal softer feeding demand, with modest bearish implications for feed grain usage at the start of the week.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/blog/market-news/cattle-futures-lower-to-start-the-week-9/

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