# CME cattle futures end weaker, hogs set April low | Stock Market News

> CME live and feeder cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday as traders awaited USDA's Cattle on Feed report and weighed prospects for more beef imports. Lean hog futures fell to their lowest level in about seven months. Feeder cattle and live cattle contracts both closed weaker.

- Date: 2025-11-18 · published 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5443-cme-cattle-futures-end-weaker-hogs-set-april-low-stock-market-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

Expectations of higher beef imports and tighter U.S. cattle supplies pull futures in opposite directions, leaving prices volatile. Lower futures weaken feeder and fed cattle values for producers.

## Read by commodity

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

## Sources

- livemint.com: https://www.livemint.com/market/commodities/cme-cattle-futures-end-weaker-hogs-set-april-low-11763504319788.html

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