As of June 10, 2025, managed money funds expanded their net long position in Live Cattle futures by 6,031 contracts, bringing the total to 137,836 contracts. Meanwhile, total open interest in cattle futures fell by 54,105 contracts, marking the first weekly decline following seven consecutive weeks of growth (Source: CFTC)
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Boxed beef had a strong showing this week, with the Choice cutout climbing $12.80 from last Friday, settling at $377.88 on June 13. The daily gain of $1.16 capped off a week of steady increases, while Select also moved up $0.43 to $363.50, bringing the Choice/Select spread to $14.38. On the primal side, Chuck ($307.66) and Round ($308.35) both set new highs for 2025, signaling firm end-cut demand. Load volume for Friday totaled 80, down from 91 loads on Thursday
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CLARA LIVE: đ„ Mitchell Livestock Posts Record Sale as 8s and 9s Dominate Receipts with New National Highs đ„
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House Republicans narrowly passed a bill Thursday backed by President Trump to slash $9.4 billion in federal spending, including $8.3 billion in foreign aid and $1.1 billion from NPR and PBS.
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On Thursday, cattle slaughter totaled 115,000 head, which is a decrease from 120,000 head on the previous Thursday and lower than the 121,897 head recorded on the same day a year ago. Week-to-date slaughter reached 456,000 head, trailing both last week's total of 477,000 head and the 488,969 head from the same week in 2024. Year-to-date, 13,354,724 head of cattle have been processed, representing a 6.1% decline from the 14,223,762 head slaughtered by this point last year.
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President Trump responded positively to Elon Musk's late-night apology on Wednesday, after a public feud sparked by Musk's criticism of the Trump-backed "One Big Beautiful" tax bill.
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Kentucky man arrested for releasing a raccoon into a local bar months after fleeing police on a mule
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CLARA LIVE: đ„ 10-Weights Dominate Tuesday with Four National Top 10 Records; Receipts Down 29% From Last Week đ„
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FBI arrests another University of Michigan scholar from China with smuggling biological samples into the U.S.
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CLARA LIVE: đ On this Tuesday morning, Beaver County Livestock in Beaver, Oklahoma lit up the national cattle market scoreboard with two powerhouse feeder cattle sales that rank among the highest ever recorded. A load of 117 head averaging 1,019 lbs brought an astounding $288.50, while another sale of 52 head at 1,015 lbs hit $285.00âboth setting a thunderous tone for the day. These sales now stand as the 2nd and 7th highest all-time prices nationally for 10-weight steers
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CLARA LIVE: The largest sale on Monday was at Joplin Regional Stockyards in Carthage, MO, with 7,250 head. Russell, IA followed with 3,079 head, while Callaway in Kingdom City, MO, moved 2,208 head. National Livestock in Oklahoma City, OK, reported 1,614 head, and Farmers & Ranchers in Salina, KS, sold 1,079 head. Total receipts were down 35% from last Monday.
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