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Live and feeder cattle futures closed lower on Friday with sizable weekly losses, as traders focused on a proclamation allowing up to 300,000 metric tons of lean beef trimming imports over 90 days starting Sept. 1.
October live cattle settled at $211.725 and September feeders at $320.90, while Choice boxed beef fell $5.13.
A large import quota for lean trimmings adds beef supply, outweighing historically tight US cattle inventories and pushing cattle and feeder prices lower.
montananewsroom.comMontana NewsroomAug 29, 2026After 30 past bearish policy events, LCATTLE moved a median -0.8% over 5 sessions (43% higher; middle half -2.0% to +1.1%), and +0.9% over 20.
After 24 past bearish policy events, FCATTLE moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -3.3% to +1.2%), and +0.5% over 20.
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.
Friday's close lower on the proclamation allowing up to 300,000 MT of lean trimmings imports from Sept. 1 shows import-driven bearish sentiment carrying into the move window.
