Live Cattle Commodity Update for the Week Ending Oct 18, 2024

The week of Oct 14, 2024 saw the price of live cattle end at 187.325. Compared to last week’s ending price of 187.575 the price of live cattle dropped by 0.1%.

The lowest price point for live cattle during the week occurred on Oct 17, 2024 when the price was at 186.175.

Between Sep 18, 2024 and Oct 18, 2024 the price of live cattle rose by 4.2%. At this time last month, prices for live cattle were at 179.85 and have now jumped to 187.325.

Live cattle has also seen price drops since last year. Around this time in 2023, live cattle prices were at 192.4. The change in prices from last year equal a decrease of 2.6%.

On Dec 07, 2023, live cattle had its worst day as far as markets go when it was at 172.85.

Live cattle’s total volume for the week was 104931. Its worst performing day came on Oct 18, 2024, when the commodity saw its weekly low of 16897.

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