{"id":25886,"date":"2026-02-23T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/livestock-markets-see-mixed-trading-as-cattle-prices-drop-hog-futures-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:01:09","slug":"livestock-markets-see-mixed-trading-as-cattle-prices-drop-hog-futures-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/livestock-markets-see-mixed-trading-as-cattle-prices-drop-hog-futures-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Livestock Markets See Mixed Trading as Cattle Prices Drop, Hog Futures Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771884069134.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771884069134.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771884069134.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771884069134.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Livestock commodity markets experienced volatile trading today at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with cattle contracts experiencing steep declines while hog futures moved higher.<\/p><p>Live cattle contracts faced significant selling pressure as traders cashed in profits and concerns about potential trade policy changes weighed on broader commodity markets. The April live cattle contract dropped $2.75 to close at $239.25 per hundredweight, while the June contract fell $2.07 to settle at $235.45.<\/p><p>Feeder cattle saw even steeper losses, with March contracts tumbling $3.72 to end at $364.30 per hundredweight. The selling was attributed to a combination of technical factors and uncertainty surrounding potential tariff policies affecting agricultural commodities.<\/p><p>In contrast to the cattle market weakness, lean hog futures posted gains during the same trading session, showing the divergent trends affecting different livestock sectors.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange showed cattle futures declining significantly due to investor profit-taking and market concerns over trade policy uncertainty. Meanwhile, lean hog futures moved in the opposite direction with gains during the same trading session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[862],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771884069134.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-6Jw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28310,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/commodity-markets-show-mixed-results-as-february-trading-closes\/","url_meta":{"origin":25886,"position":0},"title":"Commodity Markets Show Mixed Results as February Trading Closes","author":"Admin","date":"February 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Agricultural commodity futures displayed varied performance on February 26, 2026, with corn and wheat prices climbing while soybeans declined. 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