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US cattle futures slid on the CME as cash prices weakened, with cash down about $3 to $4 per hundredweight in the south and $8 to $10 in the north. Speculative funds liquidated longs amid uncertainty over Trump's plan to lower beef prices and the ongoing Mexican cattle import ban tied to New World screwworm.
Weaker cash trade and fund liquidation pressure futures lower, while the uncertain status of Mexican cattle imports keeps feeder supply expectations volatile.
thecattlesite.comMelanie EppNov 3, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Dated 2025-11-03, it reports CME cattle futures sliding on weaker cash prices and speculative long liquidation amid policy uncertainty, which directly describes the one-day drop.
Weak cash prices and speculative fund long liquidation on Nov 3 amid policy uncertainty added selling pressure early in the window.
Weak cash prices and speculative long liquidation around Nov 3 weighed on futures amid uncertainty over Trump's beef price plan and the import ban.
