US Cattle Market Review for Week 36, September 8, 2025

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Rising beef prices have supported cattle futures for months, and traders are now assessing whether high prices could begin to put pressure on beef demand at the end of the summer grilling season.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that the wholesale price of prime boxed beef fell $1.80 per hundredweight on Thursday to $414.21 per hundredweight, below the previous day's high, which was the highest since May 2020.

Live cattle futures fell 97 cents to $1.20 on Friday, while the October contract fell $3.67. Cattle sold on the cash markets last week at $242-$243, up $1 in the South and down $2-$3 in the North. Feeder cattle futures closed down $1-$2 on Friday, while the September contract remained stable. The CME Feeder Cattle Index rose $2.61 to $363.96 on September 4.

Weekly export sales data showed that 16,573 tonnes of beef were sold in the week ending August 28, a six-week high. Japan was the largest buyer of American beef last week, with sales of 5,000 tonnes.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated cattle slaughter for the week at 487,000 head. This is significantly lower than last week due to the holiday on Monday, and 60,805 head lower than the same week in 2024 .

WEEKLY COST OF CUTLERY CUT.CHOICE

CATTLE SALES

Sale of cattle, heads

Average weight

Week 35

Week 36

Weekly growth,%

Week 35

Week 36

Weekly growth,%

Bulls (live weight)

13,999

23,423

67.3%

1,502

1,526

1.6%

Heifers (live weight)

5,428

10,867

100.2%

1,361

1,342

-1.4%

Bulls (slaughter weight)

6,992

8 169

16.8%

983

1,003

2.0%

Heifers (slaughter weight)

1,770

974

-45.0%

866

841

-2.9%

WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE OF BULLS

BEEF PRODUCTION

Indicator

Week 36

Previous week

A year ago

Weekly growth,%

Growth per year, %

Volume of cattle slaughter

487,000

565,000

548,000

-13.8%

-11.1%

Live weight

1,415

1,409

0.0%

0.4%

Slaughter weight

868

866

860

0.2%

0.9%

Beef production (million pounds)

422.0

488.0

470.0

-13.5%

-10.2%

WEEKLY CHOICE/SELECT PRICE SHOULDER

CME: Live Cattle Futures

Week 35

Week 36

Weekly growth,%

October

239.65

235.98

-1.5%

December

240.78

237.45

-1.4%

February

237.48

238.68

0.5%

CME: Feeder Cattle Futures

September

364.78

359.83

-1.4%

October

364.48

357.90

-1.8%

November

363.60

356.15

-2.0%

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