# Cattle futures fall for third day on holiday demand fears - CME
						 | The Cattle Site

> CME cattle futures fell for a third straight session on Tuesday amid technical selling, profit-taking and concerns about weaker beef demand from hot weather. August live cattle dropped 1.15 cents to 242.425 and August feeders fell to a two-week low. Holiday plant closures are curtailing slaughter schedules.

- Date: 2026-07-01 · published 2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5238-cattle-futures-fall-for-third-day-on-holiday-demand-fears-cme-the-cattle-site
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower cattle prices and reduced slaughter from holiday closures reduce near-term cattle feeding demand, weighing on feed-grain purchases by feedlots.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-01 | 1 | -3.2% | -7.0 | Dated on the move day, it reports a third straight decline in CME cattle futures driven by technical selling, profit-taking, weak hot-weather beef demand and holiday plant closures that cut slaughter, which directly explains the drop. |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-08 | 5 | -4.9% | -3.2 | Third straight lower session driven by technical selling, profit-taking and weaker beef demand fears from hot weather, with feeders at two-week lows. |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-30 | 1 | -3.2% | -6.7 | Describes the multi-day cattle selloff on technical selling, profit-taking and weak holiday beef demand fears; it is dated 2026-07-01 but covers Tuesday 6/30 trade, matching the move. |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-06 | 5 | -4.7% | -3.2 | Three straight down sessions on technical selling, profit-taking, weak hot-weather beef demand and holiday plant closures cut slaughter and demand. |

## Sources

- thecattlesite.com: https://www.thecattlesite.com/news/cattle-futures-fall-for-third-day-on-holiday-demand-fears-cme

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