Though cattlemen are still in a good marketing position compared to years past, the last two weeks have seen enough price instability to make any rancher feel sick to their stomach.
With competing headlines around whether or not the Southern border will remain closed due to the threat of New World Screwworm, and unwelcome moves by the Trump administration to potentially increase beef imports from Argentina, those in the cattle industry have been glued to the news as every additional quote and social media post threatens to upend prices even further.
Luckily, we have the steady hand of DTN Livestock Analyst ShayLe Stewart to guide us through the latest news on all things cattle markets. Today, she’ll take us beat-by-beat through the questions around demand and trade, feed and weather, and even help us check in on the herd build-back.
She’ll help us look ahead to what we might expect this winter as far as producer decision-making, and what bearish and bullish factors remain as we turn towards 2026.
Finally, she brings us an update from her Wyoming operation, and offers some advice for sitting still in this season of crisis and uncertainty.
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