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Live Cattle Investment Chart Overview
Explore live cattle futures and cash prices, U.S. cattle inventories, feedlot flows, slaughter, beef production and stocks, global beef trade and CFTC positioning.
COMIDRA Live Cattle Index
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Historical reconstruction using the latest published data; not a real-time historical record.
- This 0–100 score summarizes selected inputs relative to their own history. Higher values indicate more upward pressure. Input composition differs by commodity; some scores use inventories only.
- Coverage is the available share of configured input weights, not prediction accuracy. Below 60%, the current score is not shown. Price is for comparison, not an index input.
- History is recalculated using the latest published data, not the exact information known at each past date. This is a descriptive indicator, not a validated or guaranteed price forecast.
CME Live Cattle Futures Price
CME Live Cattle Futures Price. LE=F is a rolling front-month live-cattle futures series quoted in U.S. cents per pound, not a single fixed-expiry contract. Adjusted close may reflect provider adjustments; volume is contract count and neither series is a physical cash-cattle price. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Daily futures prices
Daily trading volume
- LME, SHFE, CME/COMEX, CBOT and ICE are commodity exchanges; their prices, contracts or warehouse stocks cover exchange systems rather than the whole physical market.
- LE=F is a rolling front-month live-cattle futures series quoted in U.S. cents per pound, not a single fixed-expiry contract.
- Adjusted close may reflect provider adjustments; volume is contract count and neither series is a physical cash-cattle price.
USDA AMS Five-Area Weekly Fed Cattle Cash Prices
USDA AMS Five-Area Weekly Fed Cattle Cash Prices. Live basis means price per 100 pounds of the animal’s live weight; the chart shows weekly weighted-average negotiated steer and heifer cash prices. Trade head counts show the reported negotiated volume behind each average, but five-area results do not represent every U.S. cattle sale. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Weekly weighted-average live-basis cash prices
Weekly negotiated cash trade volume
- USDA AMS (Agricultural Marketing Service) is the USDA agency, report or database that publishes agricultural production, supply, price or trade information.
- Live basis means price per 100 pounds of the animal’s live weight; the chart shows weekly weighted-average negotiated steer and heifer cash prices.
- Trade head counts show the reported negotiated volume behind each average, but five-area results do not represent every U.S. cattle sale.
USDA NASS U.S. Cattle on Feed, Placements and Marketings
USDA NASS U.S. Cattle on Feed, Placements and Marketings. Placements are cattle entering large feedlots; marketings are fed cattle shipped for slaughter, while other disappearance covers deaths and movements out. On-feed inventory is a month-end stock but placements and marketings are monthly flows; weight bands describe cattle when placed. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Cattle on feed inventory
Placements, marketings and other disappearance
Placements by entry weight
- USDA NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) is the USDA agency, report or database that publishes agricultural production, supply, price or trade information.
- Placements are cattle entering large feedlots; marketings are fed cattle shipped for slaughter, while other disappearance covers deaths and movements out.
- On-feed inventory is a month-end stock but placements and marketings are monthly flows; weight bands describe cattle when placed.
USDA NASS U.S. Cattle Inventory and Calf Crop
USDA NASS U.S. Cattle Inventory and Calf Crop. Beef replacement heifers are young females kept to enter the breeding herd; calf crop estimates calves born during the year. Inventory is a point-in-time stock but calf crop is an annual flow, and recent values may be revised in later NASS releases. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
U.S. cattle and cow inventories
Calf crop and beef replacement heifers
- USDA NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) is the USDA agency, report or database that publishes agricultural production, supply, price or trade information.
- Beef replacement heifers are young females kept to enter the breeding herd; calf crop estimates calves born during the year.
- Inventory is a point-in-time stock but calf crop is an annual flow, and recent values may be revised in later NASS releases.
USDA NASS U.S. Cattle Slaughter and Beef Production
USDA NASS U.S. Cattle Slaughter and Beef Production. Dressed weight is the federally inspected carcass weight after hide, organs and other non-carcass parts are removed; live weight is before slaughter. Beef production can change through both slaughter count and carcass weight, while monthly totals are not seasonally adjusted. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Cattle slaughter
Beef production
Average live and federally inspected dressed weights
- USDA NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) is the USDA agency, report or database that publishes agricultural production, supply, price or trade information.
- Dressed weight is the federally inspected carcass weight after hide, organs and other non-carcass parts are removed; live weight is before slaughter.
- Beef production can change through both slaughter count and carcass weight, while monthly totals are not seasonally adjusted.
USDA NASS U.S. Frozen Beef Stocks
USDA NASS U.S. Frozen Beef Stocks. Cold-storage stocks are frozen beef held at the start of the month; boneless and bone-in detail appears only at NASS point-in-time observations. Higher stocks can reflect supply, imports or slower withdrawals; the series excludes fresh beef and is not total U.S. beef availability. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Frozen beef stocks by cut
- USDA ERS (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service) is the USDA agency, report or database that publishes agricultural production, supply, price or trade information.
- Cold-storage stocks are frozen beef held at the start of the month; boneless and bone-in detail appears only at NASS point-in-time observations.
- Higher stocks can reflect supply, imports or slower withdrawals; the series excludes fresh beef and is not total U.S. beef availability.
USDA PSD World Beef Supply and Trade
USDA PSD World Beef Supply and Trade. USDA PSD is a marketing-year database; beef production, consumption and trade are reported in thousand metric tons of carcass-weight equivalent. World history uses only the official World row, while country panels use one latest year so the World total cannot compress national values. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
World beef production and consumption
World beef imports and exports
Latest-year leading beef producers (2027)
Latest-year leading beef traders (2027)
- USDA PSD (Production, Supply and Distribution database) is the USDA agency, report or database that publishes agricultural production, supply, price or trade information.
- USDA PSD is a marketing-year database; beef production, consumption and trade are reported in thousand metric tons of carcass-weight equivalent.
- World history uses only the official World row, while country panels use one latest year so the World total cannot compress national values.
CFTC Live Cattle Managed Money Positioning
CFTC Live Cattle Managed Money Positioning. Managed money is reportable fund positioning; net is long minus short, while producer/merchant net represents commercial hedger positioning. Net share scales fund net by open interest and million pounds applies the 40,000-lb contract size; neither is a cattle-price forecast. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Managed money gross positions
Managed money and producer net positions
Futures open interest
Managed money net share of open interest
Managed money net exposure
- CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission) is the U.S. regulator that publishes futures-market trader-position data.
- Managed money is reportable fund positioning; net is long minus short, while producer/merchant net represents commercial hedger positioning.
- Net share scales fund net by open interest and million pounds applies the 40,000-lb contract size; neither is a cattle-price forecast.
U.S. beef: farm, wholesale and retail prices
U.S. beef: farm, wholesale and retail prices. USDA ERS is the U.S. agriculture department’s Economic Research Service. Choice is a beef quality grade. Farm and wholesale values use retail-equivalent pounds (lb, about 0.454 kg), not live cattle weight. Net farm value deducts by-product value from the farm value. Farm share is this net value divided by the retail price × 100; it is not the farmer’s profit margin. The retail–farm gap includes processing, transport, labour and other costs; it is not intermediary profit. Values are U.S. nominal averages, not your local shop price or a forecast. Historical values can be revised. Monthly U.S. nominal averages. October 2025 uses USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) retail data instead of unavailable Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data; consider this source change in comparisons. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Prices and farm-to-retail gap
Farm share of retail price
- USDA ERS is the U.S. agriculture department’s Economic Research Service. Choice is a beef quality grade. Farm and wholesale values use retail-equivalent pounds (lb, about 0.454 kg), not live cattle weight.
- Net farm value deducts by-product value from the farm value. Farm share is this net value divided by the retail price × 100; it is not the farmer’s profit margin.
- The retail–farm gap includes processing, transport, labour and other costs; it is not intermediary profit. Values are U.S. nominal averages, not your local shop price or a forecast. Historical values can be revised.
- Monthly U.S. nominal averages. October 2025 uses USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) retail data instead of unavailable Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data; consider this source change in comparisons.
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