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The USDA’s five-area cattle report recorded 11,953 head of negotiated cash sales on November 4, down from 34,913 a week earlier and 51,525 a year earlier. Week-to-date volume was 39,718 head, above the prior week’s 36,015 but below the year-earlier 52,041; the report also reflects a methodology change that aggregates all five regions.
Lower weekly cattle prices versus a year earlier point to softer cash-market conditions, while the reported volumes provide buyers and sellers a gauge of near-term slaughter-cattle trade. The data are relevant to livestock and meat markets but do not establish a clear feed-commodity price direction.
indexbox.ioNov 5, 2026After 144 past bearish report events, Live Cattle moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.1% to +0.9%), 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.
