Cash cattle prices soar to record highs

Cattle feeders continue to look for more blue sky a week after setting new all-time highs in the 5 Area Weekly Weighted Average Cash price. Cash traders kept activity quiet throughout the week until Friday, when packers began bidding $245 per hundredweight in all regions, steady with the bottom side of last week’s trade in the north and $1 lower than last week’s trade in the south. Feeders rejected those bids, pushing the price up to $248 in the north and $249 in the south. Packers showed less willingness to chase cattle last week than they typically do.

Cash trade has also been strong in the feeder cattle market, as the feeder cattle index set new all-time highs at the end of last week. The index rose to $377.37 per hundredweight, $0.86 above the previous high.

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Abby Greiman,Livestock Market Advisor, Ever.Ag

February 25, 2026