# Softness persists in US cattle markets

> Cash fed cattle fell $4-$7 per hundredweight last week, and live and feeder futures finished lower. Losses followed news of a Trump executive order removing tariffs on Brazilian beef, the prospective reopening of the southern border to Mexican feeder cattle, and Tyson's Nebraska plant closure.

- Date: 2025-11-24 · published 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6867-softness-persists-in-us-cattle-markets
- 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

Expected beef imports from Brazil and possible Mexican feeder cattle supply add to supplies, while the Tyson closure reduces packer demand for cattle, pressuring cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

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

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-25 | 5 | -9.9% | -6.0 | Summarizes the week's softness: cash fed cattle down $4-7 and futures lower on tariff removal, Mexican border reopening prospects, and Tyson closure. |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-25 | 5 | -4.7% | -3.4 | Summarizes the week: cash cattle down $4-7, with tariff removal, Mexican border reopening prospects and the Tyson closure pressuring futures. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-03 | [Cattle markets react to proposed tariff changes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7813-cattle-markets-react-to-proposed-tariff-changes.md) | -4.7% | -10.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-01 | [Cattle markets react to China’s retaliatory tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25272-cattle-markets-react-to-china-s-retaliatory-tariffs.md) | +0.3% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-01 | [Cattle Prices Sink as Mexico Border Reopening Shakes U.S. Beef Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17849-cattle-prices-sink-as-mexico-border-reopening-shakes-u-s-beef-markets.md) | -1.8% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-03 | [Feeder market softens as demand for cattle weakens \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7820-feeder-market-softens-as-demand-for-cattle-weakens-the-western-producer.md) | -4.7% | -10.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-07-09 | [Global markets affect cattle prices; PLUS: Beware blue-green algae](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64171-global-markets-affect-cattle-prices-plus-beware-blue-green-algae.md) | +1.8% | +4.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-03 | [Cattle markets react to proposed tariff changes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7813-cattle-markets-react-to-proposed-tariff-changes.md) | -3.7% | -5.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-01 | [Cattle markets react to China’s retaliatory tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25272-cattle-markets-react-to-china-s-retaliatory-tariffs.md) | +0.6% | +2.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-09-01 | [Cattle Prices Sink as Mexico Border Reopening Shakes U.S. Beef Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17849-cattle-prices-sink-as-mexico-border-reopening-shakes-u-s-beef-markets.md) | +2.3% | +3.8% |

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/market-news/softness-persists-in-us-cattle-markets

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