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Livestock & animal products
Live CattleLE
At a glance
Sold by feedlots · bought by packers
Checked first: 5-area weekly negotiated steer price, live FOB (and dressed delivered), by grade
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Guide
How this market is measured, traded and harvested.
Know the market
- Unit
- Hundredweight (cwt = 100 lb) live weight
- Futures
- CME Live Cattle (LE): 40,000 lb
- Cash markets
- USDA AMS 5-area weekly weighted averages (negotiated, live and dressed)
- Key reports
- Cattle on Feed (monthly), WASDE red meat tables
Reference, not measured data. CME Group · agriculture contract specifications
Original values. Clear sources. No simulated market data.Methodology ↗