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The Cattle Market Guys Podcast

Cattle Market Guys by Herd Advisor

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Frequency: 1 episode/4d. Total Eps: 24

Brock and Jim break down the week’s cattle market news, trends, and forecasts with a mix of data-driven insight and 40 years of ranching wisdom. Published three times a week by Herd Advisor, each episode blends hard numbers and real-world experience to help cow-calf producers make smarter, more profitable marketing decisions.

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Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 6-12-2026

Season 1 · Episode 53

Friday, June 12, 2026 • Duration 11:00

Screwworm has moved from threat to confirmed reality — with cases now verified in both Texas and New Mexico, Mexico has suspended live animal imports from the United States. This week's episode of Cattle Market Guys breaks down what that means for producers and the broader cattle trade. Brock and Jim open with the market snapshot for the week of June 12, 2026, walking through feeder steer prices across weight classes, flagging the thin volume that makes this week's prints unreliable benchmarks, and sharing model forecasts that point to modest price softening in the near term. The cash-to-futures relationship gets its own spotlight, with CME live cattle futures running at a notable discount to cash markets — a dynamic that's been providing upward price support and signaling that traders see staying power in current cash strength. The June WASDE report projects steady prices for both cattle and corn, offering some stability amid broader uncertainty. The episode also examines the global trade pressures stacking up around the industry: Russian strikes on Ukraine's Black Sea port infrastructure are threatening grain export flows with downstream implications for US feed costs, while US beef exports continue to lag year-over-year with China's absence as a buyer cited as a key driver. Jim draws on firsthand experience from the 1988 drought and trade disruptions to put the current moment in historical perspective — and to caution against reactive decisions when multiple headwinds hit at once.

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Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 6-9-2026

Season 1 · Episode 52

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 • Duration 10:49

New World Screwworm has been confirmed in multiple Texas counties, and it's moving fast — at least four cases across Zavala and La Salle counties in a matter of days, triggering a livestock quarantine, a disaster declaration, and immediate ripple effects across both the cash and futures markets. This is the most significant livestock biosecurity threat to hit the U.S. in decades, and ranchers need to understand what it means right now. In this Tuesday Market Update for June 9, 2026, Brock and Jim break down the week's cattle market numbers, including strong early-week prices in the 500–549 lb. steer class at $475.80/cwt and a notable gap opening up between cash and futures markets. They walk through model forecasts for the next one to four weeks and explain why the heavier weight classes are flashing a timing signal for producers with flexibility. The episode digs deep into the screwworm outbreak — how it entered the U.S., how quickly it's spreading geographically, and why Jim's firsthand experience checking cattle in Presidio County in 1976 still carries hard lessons for ranchers in affected areas today. Brock and Jim also cover the trade disruptions flowing from the outbreak, including border restrictions with both Mexico and Canada, new tariff uncertainty across 60 countries, and what Brazil's clean FMD status signals about competitive dynamics in global protein markets.

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Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 6-5-2026

Season 1 · Episode 51

Friday, June 5, 2026 • Duration 11:35

A confirmed New World Screwworm detection in South Texas sent feeder cattle futures tumbling this week — and the market reacted exactly the way markets always do: fear first, facts later. For producers across the Southwest, this isn't an abstract biosecurity concern. It's a direct threat to cattle movement, market confidence, and trade relationships. On this week's episode of Cattle Market Guys, Brock and Jim break down a feeder market that has quietly shed significant ground over the past month, with medium and large frame one steers in the 500–549 pound class dropping roughly $20 per hundredweight over four weeks. Model projections suggest continued softness in the near term, particularly in the six-weight class, before a modest recovery. The screwworm confirmation — and the USDA's initial denial followed by rapid reversal — is identified as a key driver of that market uncertainty. Brock and Jim also cover a genuinely encouraging export story, with Caribbean and Central American beef demand posting record first-quarter values, led by strong performances in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. On the trade policy front, the episode examines proposed U.S. tariffs targeting Brazil and sixty other economies, and flags a development with long-range implications: China's decision to lift FMD restrictions on all of Brazil, opening a major new channel for one of America's chief competitors in global beef markets.

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Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 6-2-2026

Season 1 · Episode 50

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 • Duration 10:31

A screwworm detection just 31 miles from the US border has USDA on high alert — and for a cattle herd already at historically tight supply levels, the timing couldn't be worse. If this parasite crosses into the United States, the damage to an already fragile rebuilding cycle could be severe. In this Tuesday market update, Brock and Jim break down a meaningful two-week price pullback in feeder steers, with five-weight cattle dropping roughly $18 and six-weights falling approximately $20 from early May levels. Forward projections point to additional softness in the two-week window — particularly a sharp dip on six-weight steers to $378.44 per hundredweight — before prices begin to recover heading into the four-week mark. Beyond the weekly numbers, Brock and Jim examine where the US cattle herd stands in the broader cattle cycle. The herd is entering early-stage expansion, but historical patterns show that slaughter volumes and beef production typically decline before they recover — a counterintuitive dynamic that caught many producers off guard in past cycles. Drought conditions across the Lower 48 are complicating the rebuild, with pasture coverage moving in the wrong direction. On the demand side, CME futures sold off sharply on consumer spending concerns and fuel prices before rebounding on technical buying — a pattern that reflects genuine uncertainty about beef affordability as pork and other proteins compete for wallet share at the meat case.

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Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 5-29-2026

Season 1 · Episode 49

Friday, May 29, 2026 • Duration 11:22

Cattle futures whipped in three different directions in a single week — and the forces driving that volatility have serious implications for producers with cattle to move this summer. With higher-than-expected feedlot placements, elevated fuel prices hammering consumer purchasing power, and pork cutout values quietly climbing, the beef demand picture is flashing yellow. In this Friday wrap for the week of May 29th, 2026, Brock and Jim break down a turbulent week across cattle markets. The data shows feeder steer prices softening from May highs, with model forecasts pointing to a meaningful step-down over the next four weeks — the lighter 500-549 pound class is projected to drop from $443 at one week out to $408 at four weeks, a gap that represents real money on any size pen. Brock and Jim dig into what's driving that trajectory: bearish placement numbers, fuel-driven consumer anxiety, and early signs of protein substitution toward chicken and pork. The episode also covers major corporate news in meat processing, including Tyson Foods replacing its CEO amid underperformance in its beef segment, while Hormel beats estimates on the strength of poultry demand. Brock and Jim discuss what a leadership shake-up at the country's largest beef packer could mean for procurement and cash price relationships. The bottom line this week: producers with cattle to market in the next four to six weeks are advised not to wait for a better number that may not come.

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Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 5-26-2026

Season 1 · Episode 48

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 • Duration 10:58

Feeder cattle futures hit limit down after the USDA's May cattle on feed report landed sharply above market expectations — and the selloff didn't stop there. For producers with cattle to move this summer, the price risk picture changed fast, and Brock and Jim break down exactly what happened and what it means. In this Tuesday Market Update, Brock and Jim open with a detailed look at feeder steer prices across weight classes, where cash markets have been softening throughout May and model projections point to further declines in the weeks ahead. They walk through the USDA cattle on feed report that caught traders offside, the simultaneous softening in consumer demand sentiment around Memorial Day, and why the gap between cash and futures deserves close attention right now. The conversation then shifts to the longer-term supply picture — with the U.S. beef cow herd near record lows, USDA projecting a beef production decline in 2027, and drought conditions adding further pressure, the structural case for strong prices remains intact even as near-term futures pull back. Brock and Jim also cover a packed global trade week: the Mexico-EU free trade agreement, China's suspension of beef imports from Brazilian meatpacking plants, Argentina's soybean export tax cuts, and an EU fertilizer tariff waiver — and what each development means for U.S. cattle and feed markets heading into summer.

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Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 5-22-2026

Season 1 · Episode 47

Friday, May 22, 2026 • Duration 10:44

Feeder cattle prices are sliding, futures whipsawed three times in three days, and a screwworm outbreak on the southern border is costing Mexico nearly two billion dollars in livestock losses. For U.S. cattle producers, this week delivered a perfect storm of market volatility, global trade shifts, and escalating biosecurity threats — all hitting at once. In this Friday wrap, Brock and Jim break down the latest feeder steer price data, with five-weight steers softening to $464.41/cwt and model projections pointing toward continued downward pressure in the weeks ahead. They walk through a chaotic week in cattle futures — corn-driven selloffs, technical selling, partial recoveries, and pre-report uncertainty — and make the case that demand strength, not just tight supply, is the real story behind elevated prices. On the global stage, Brock and Jim examine China's dominance as the world's largest beef importer, Brazil's push to expand meatpacking access to Chinese markets, and record-setting U.S. beef variety meat exports. They also dig into the biosecurity situation demanding immediate producer attention: USDA has escalated its sterile fly dispersal response to the advancing New World screwworm threat, the U.S.-Mexico border closure remains in effect, and Jim shares a firsthand account from the 1995 screwworm flare-up that still applies today. As Jim puts it, biosecurity is like a fence — it only works if you maintain it every single day.

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Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 5-19-2026

Season 1 · Episode 46

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 • Duration 16:36

US cattle supplies have just hit a 75-year low — and the futures market is reacting with the kind of volatility that hasn't been seen in decades. At the same time, a landmark US-China trade agreement has committed Beijing to purchasing at least $17 billion in American agricultural products annually through 2028, explicitly reopening beef and poultry trade between the two nations. These two seismic forces — a historic supply squeeze and a major export market reopening simultaneously — are colliding in real time, and producers need to understand what both mean for their bottom line heading into the summer of 2026. In this Tuesday market update for May 19th, 2026, Brock and Jim break down the latest cash and futures numbers across the key feeder weight classes. Five-hundred to five-forty-nine pound steers came in at $464.41 per hundredweight for the week ending May 10th on heavy volume, while the six-hundred to six-forty-nine pound class settled at $418.26 per hundredweight. Both classes showed modest week-over-week softening, and the model forecast projects a gradual step-down over the four-week horizon — particularly in heavier feeders — a trend Brock and Jim flag as one producers need to monitor closely. Front-month futures are trading at a notable discount to cash, reflecting geopolitical uncertainty baked into the forward curve rather than any fundamental shift in supply. CME Group's announcement that it is expanding daily trading limits for live cattle and feeder cattle futures effective June 2026 — citing historically tight supplies — adds another layer of urgency for producers with existing hedges. Brock and Jim dig deep into the China trade story, offering both the bullish case and the historical caution that experienced market watchers know well. While seventy-seven new US beef establishment registrations took effect May 15th and the diplomatic commitment is concrete, thirty-eight US establishments remain suspended, and the logistics of moving meaningful export volume takes months to develop. Jim draws on a telling story from the 1996 China trade talks — when futures rallied hard on promise alone, only to give back gains when implementation lagged — as a warning against overcommitting to a rally before the trucks are actually rolling. US beef exports fell eleven percent in March 2026 due to the Chinese market lockout, and while the reopening has genuine long-term upside, the near-term price action is likely to overshoot in both directions as implementation details emerge. The episode closes with a sharp look at global beef trade dynamics and the competitive pressures US exporters face from South American rivals. Brazilian beef processors reported a twenty-seven percent jump in first-quarter net profit driven by surging export volumes into the same global markets US producers are trying to capture. Brazil's widening male-to-female cattle price differential signals that fed cattle supply is tightening globally — not just domestically — reinforcing the structural nature of the current price environment. On a more encouraging note, US beef variety meat exports hit a record monthly value high in March despite the China lockout, pointing to resilient demand in secondary markets like Japan, South Korea, and Mexico. Brock summarizes the three producer takeaways from the episode: watch the softening trend in heavier feeders, don't chase the China rally blindly, and recognize that quality and traceability — not volume — are the competitive advantages US beef must lean on in an increasingly contested global market.

Cattle Market Guys - Week Wrap Up 6-26-2026

Season 1 · Episode 57

Friday, June 26, 2026 • Duration 10:37

Cattle futures swung in two opposite directions in just 48 hours — and New World Screwworm detections are actively climbing across the southern tier. Both stories carry serious implications for cattle producers heading into the second half of 2026. This week's episode breaks down what's driving the volatility and what producers need to do right now. Brock and Jim open with a detailed market snapshot showing feeder steer prices have softened $14–$17 per hundredweight over the past month, with a notable basis gap between cash markets and front-month futures sitting near $360. Predictive model forecasts suggest a brief short-term lift before a pullback at the four-week mark — making timing decisions on cattle sales critical right now. From there, the conversation turns to the forces behind this week's futures whiplash: tight Cattle on Feed numbers providing supply-side support, offset by growing investor concern over consumer affordability. That demand concern connects directly to new data showing 4.7 million Americans have lost food stamp benefits, with food pantry demand hitting record levels — a meaningful headwind for beef demand at already-elevated price levels. The episode closes with an urgent biosecurity alert on New World Screwworm, where four new confirmed detections were reported in a single cycle. Jim shares a firsthand account from a 1993 flare-up as a reminder that this pest exploits any lapse in vigilance.

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Cattle Market Guys - Tuesday Check In 6-23-2026

Season 1 · Episode 56

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 • Duration 11:41

New World screwworm has reached 15 confirmed cases in the United States, with three new Texas animals testing positive in the latest reporting period — and a critical sterile fly facility won't come online until late 2027. For cattle producers across the southern half of the country, the window for early detection is now, and Brock and Jim break down exactly what to watch for and who to call. In this Tuesday Market Update, Brock and Jim cover the full feeder cattle price picture, with 500–549 lb. steers holding near $449/cwt. despite a gradual month-long softening, and a notable basis gap between cash prices and front-month futures that producers need to pencil out carefully before making placement commitments. Four-week model forecasts suggest further price softening in weeks three and four — a signal worth stress-testing against current breakevens. The episode also breaks down emerging global feed supply risks, including a potential super El Niño threatening grain output, USDA's addition of 30 million base acres to ARC and PLC programs, and the longer-term concern of prime farmland converting to data centers and solar farms. Brock and Jim close with the June 19 USDA cattle-on-feed report showing inventory up 2% year-over-year, improving drought conditions across the Lower 48, and a seasoned reminder from Jim that when everyone feeds cattle and drought breaks at once, the market has a way of solving one problem by creating another.

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