# Cattle, hog markets struggle as stock market shows weakness

> Cattle and hog markets weakened as a sharp selloff in U.S. equities heightened economic concerns. The report cited poor weekly cattle export sales and significant liquidation of long positions as factors behind the cattle market’s continued decline.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-06T18:12:08.307Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/84460-cattle-hog-markets-struggle-as-stock-market-shows-weakness
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Concerns about economic conditions can weigh on meat demand, while weak export sales directly reduce support for beef demand. Long liquidation added selling pressure to cattle and hog futures.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-01 | [Cattle market shaken by COVID-19](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55236-cattle-market-shaken-by-covid-19.md) | +1.5% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-04-02 | [Mixed macroeconomic signals shake cattle markets \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11969-mixed-macroeconomic-signals-shake-cattle-markets-western-livestock-journal.md) | -2.6% | +2.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-31 | [Cattle markets slide on coronavirus fears \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6702-cattle-markets-slide-on-coronavirus-fears-western-livestock-journal.md) | -1.2% | -5.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-03-27 | [The big picture scares cattle markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66132-the-big-picture-scares-cattle-markets.md) | -3.4% | +0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-03 | [A new year for cattle markets -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73127-a-new-year-for-cattle-markets-ag-proud.md) | -0.9% | +0.4% |
| HOGS | 2020-01-01 | [Cattle market shaken by COVID-19](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55236-cattle-market-shaken-by-covid-19.md) | -0.9% | -2.8% |
| HOGS | 2020-04-01 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs limit down on coronavirus fears - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6601-u-s-livestock-cattle-hogs-limit-down-on-coronavirus-fears-grainews.md) | -14.7% | -4.8% |
| HOGS | 2022-06-23 | [Hog, live cattle futures fall on recession fears - CME
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41079-hog-live-cattle-futures-fall-on-recession-fears-cme-the-beef-site.md) | -1.1% | +4.5% |

## Sources

- agupdate.com: https://agupdate.com/iowafarmertoday/mwo/livestock/article_5dd8a499-4253-4669-83e4-88ae60fc5f4f.html

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