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	Podcast:		Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael
	Episode:		Cattle Current Podcast—Jan. 15, 2026
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:03:40
	Publish Date:		2026-01-15 00:38:39
	Description:		Cattle futures softened Wednesday ahead of the week’s negotiated cash fed cattle trade. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.28 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.17 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Last week, FOB live prices were $232/cwt. in Kansas and mostly $232 in Nebraska and the western Corn Belt. Dressed delivered prices were $365. Choice boxed beef cutout value was 54¢ higher Wednesday afternoon at $358.53/cwt. Select was 47¢ higher at $357.65. Grain and Soybean futures finally found some footing following the bearish World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates released earlier in the week. Toward the close, through near Sep contracts, Corn futures were 1¢ to 2¢ higher. KC HRW Wheat futures were 1¢ to 3¢ higher. Soybean futures were mostly unchanged to 10¢ higher.
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