# Cattle Futures Finish Week Lower as Beef-Import Plan Outweighs Tight Supplies - Montana Newsroom

> 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.

- Date: 2026-08-29 · published 2026-08-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8340-cattle-futures-finish-week-lower-as-beef-import-plan-outweighs-tight-supplies
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A large import quota for lean trimmings adds beef supply, outweighing historically tight US cattle inventories and pushing cattle and feeder prices lower.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-31 | 1 | -3.2% | -4.4 | 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. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-02 | [Cattle markets fall on Trump beef import plan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17628-cattle-markets-fall-on-trump-beef-import-plan.md) | +1.1% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-01 | [Cattle Crash on Trump’s Plan to Lower Beef Prices: Row Crops Rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22525-cattle-crash-on-trump-s-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-row-crops-rally.md) | -4.7% | -10.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-14 | [Did the Administration's Plan to Lower Beef Prices Wreck the Bull Run in the Cattle Market? - Drovers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6067-did-the-administration-s-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-wreck-the-bull-run-in-the.md) | -1.8% | +0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-31 | [Cattle futures dip on Trump processing order plans - CME
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18033-cattle-futures-dip-on-trump-processing-order-plans-cme-the-beef-site.md) | -2.7% | -0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-28 | [Cattle Futures Sink After Trump Vows to Cut High US Beef Prices - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6335-cattle-futures-sink-after-trump-vows-to-cut-high-us-beef-prices-bloomberg.md) | -0.8% | -9.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-09-02 | [Cattle markets fall on Trump beef import plan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17628-cattle-markets-fall-on-trump-beef-import-plan.md) | +2.9% | +5.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-01 | [Cattle Crash on Trump’s Plan to Lower Beef Prices: Row Crops Rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22525-cattle-crash-on-trump-s-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-row-crops-rally.md) | -3.7% | -5.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-14 | [Did the Administration's Plan to Lower Beef Prices Wreck the Bull Run in the Cattle Market? - Drovers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6067-did-the-administration-s-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-wreck-the-bull-run-in-the.md) | +1.1% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- montananewsroom.com: https://montananewsroom.com/cattle-futures-finish-week-lower-as-beef-import-plan-outweighs-tight-supplies/

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