Live Cattle Commodity Update for the Week Ending Aug 16, 2024

The week of Aug 12, 2024 saw the price of live cattle end at 178.3. Compared to last week’s ending price of 181.15 the price of live cattle dropped by 1.6%.

The lowest price point for live cattle during the week occurred on Aug 16, 2024 when the price was at 178.3.

In the span of a month, the price of live cattle dropped by 3.4%. At this time last month, live cattle was at 184.525 and have since dropped to 178.3.

Live cattle has also seen price drops since last year. Around this time in 2023, live cattle prices were at 184.6. The change in prices from last year equal a decrease of 3.4%.

On Dec 07, 2023, live cattle had its worst day as far as markets go when it was at 169.05.

Live cattle’s total volume for the week was 105674. Its worst performing day came on Aug 15, 2024, when the commodity saw its weekly low of 16832.

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