By David Anderson, Ph.D. Professor and Extension Specialist – Livestock and Food Product Marketing Department of Agricultural Economics Texas A&M University Fed cattle prices have been climbing, slowly, following the market correction that began in late July-early August. After falling from a high of 7.09 to 1.18 per cwt. the 5-market weekly average has climbed back to 6.89 over the last 4 weeks. Prices were in the 8 range later during the week ending October 4th. Normally, fed cattle prices increase, seasonally, in the Fall. A 10 year seasonal fed cattle price index would suggest that prices increase about 5 percentage points from...

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