U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally, hogs rise

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Published: September 15, 2025

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Cattle at a feedlot near North Platte, Nebraska. (AndrewLinscott/iStock/Getty Images)

Chicago cattle futures rallied on Monday following losses in the previous trading session. Hogs also rose.

Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 236.275 cents a pound, up 4.350 cents. October live cattle settled at 234.600 cents a pound, up 4.625 cents.

Most-traded October feeder cattle futures settled at 354.500 cents a pound, up 8.700 cents. November contracts closed at 350.250 cents a pound, up 7.000 cents.

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Choice boxed beef fell by $1.51 per cwt to end the afternoon at $398.53 per cwt, the USDA reported. Select boxed beef rose $0.36 to $378.80 per cwt.

Most-active December lean hogs futures rose 0.225 cents a pound to settle at 88.850 cents. October lean hogs closed at 97.525 cents a pound, up 0.400 cents.

Pork carcass cutout value was $114.07 per cwt in the USDA’s afternoon report, down $0.44.

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Geralyn Wichers

Geralyn Wichers

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Geralyn graduated from Red River College's Creative Communications program in 2019 and launched directly into agricultural journalism with the Manitoba Co-operator. Her enterprising, colourful reporting has earned awards such as the Dick Beamish award for current affairs feature writing and a Canadian Online Publishing Award, and in 2023 she represented Canada in the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists' Alltech Young Leaders Program. Geralyn is a co-host of the Armchair Anabaptist podcast, cat lover, and thrift store connoisseur.

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