# Cattle futures finish holiday-shortened week lower - Brownfield Ag News

> Cattle futures closed lower in a holiday-shortened week, with August live cattle down $2.60 to $239.22 and August feeder cattle down $3.52 to $360.62. Cash live cattle traded around $255-256, about $3 lower on the week, and Choice boxed beef fell $4.19 to $387.07. Lean hog futures were mixed.

- Date: 2026-07-02 · published 2026-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5235-cattle-futures-finish-holiday-shortened-week-lower-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker cash and boxed beef prices pressure feeder and fed cattle values, which raises feeding costs for buyers of feed-grain-based finishing rations and signals softer demand for cattle-based feed inputs.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-08 | 5 | -4.9% | -3.2 | Weekly summary shows August live cattle down $2.60 with lower cash and boxed beef falling $4.19, directly capturing the price decline in the window. |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-06 | 5 | -4.7% | -3.2 | Weekly summary shows August live cattle down $2.60 to $239.22, cash about $3 lower and boxed beef down $4.19, directly capturing the price decline. |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/blog/market-news/cattle-futures-finish-holiday-shortened-week-lower/

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