# Cattle Prices Plunge as Cash Market Weakness Triggers Heavy Futures Selloff

> U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures lost more than $10 per hundredweight during the week of October 26-30, 2026. December live cattle settled at $220.95/cwt and November feeder cattle at $337.78/cwt, with the losses accelerating in the final sessions of October.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T00:41:36.473Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/76744-cattle-prices-plunge-as-cash-market-weakness-triggers-heavy-futures-selloff
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker cash trade and softer wholesale beef values pulled futures lower despite historically tight cattle supplies, lowering the value of cattle and signaling reduced margins for feedlots that buy feed. Feeder and finished cattle prices falling tends to weigh on demand for feed and related feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- agrolatam.com: https://www.agrolatam.com/usa/livestock/cattle-prices-plunge-cash-market-futures-selloff/

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