Established in July 2012, Ag Market News LLC serves Pennsylvania and Maryland Agricultural Communities. The only private firm in the US that is accredited by USDA, our services include auction reports, animal identification and animal grading. Read more about us.
Skip To: United States Market Prices
| Friday, October 2, 2026 | |||
| United States Market Prices | |||
| MID WEST DIRECT | STEERS | HEIFERS | |
| Dressed / Choice | $220.02 | $220.87 | |
| Dressed / Live | $346.47 | $345.42 | |
| BOXED BEEF CUTOUT | Price | Change | Choice/Select Spread |
| Choice | $374.19 | -$2.60 | $19.70 |
| Select | $354.49 | $1.60 | |
| COW CARCASS CUTOUT VALUE | Price | Change | |
| Current | $315.95 | $0.01 | |
| HOGS Caracss Basis | Carcass Avg | Live Avg | |
| Eastern Cornbelt | $78.44 | $56.48 | |
| Western Cornbelt | $77.96 | $56.13 | |
| NATIONAL DIRECT SOW - LIVE | Low | High | Average |
| 300 to 400 lbs | $63.34 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 400 to 450 lbs | $66.55 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 450 to 500 lbs | $70.20 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| PORK CARCASS CUTOUT VALUE | Price | Change | |
| $84.48 | -$0.81 | ||
| Close of | 10/2/2026 | ||
| FUTURES MARKET: | Live Cattle | Feeder Cattle | Lean Hogs |
| Oct-26 | 218.95 -.35 | 334.62 -4.25 | 77.87 +.37 |
| Nov-26 | $0.00 | 331.15 -5.20 | $0.00 |
| Dec-26 | 221.40 -1.77 | $0.00 | 70.12 +1.20 |
| Jan-27 | $0.00 | 324.55 -5.15 | $0.00 |
| Feb-27 | 223.20 -2.25 | $0.00 | 71.32 -1.57 |
| Mar-27 | $0.00 | 320.82 -4.85 | $0.00 |
| FUTURES MARKET: | Corn | Wheat | Soybeans |
| Oct-26 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Nov-26 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 12.78 1/4 -5 3/4 |
| Dec-26 | 4.97 3/4 -4 1/2 | 6.83 +1/4 | $0.00 |
| Jan-27 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 12.94 1/2 -6 1/4 |
| Feb-27 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Mar-27 | 5.11 1/2 -5 1/4 | 6.96 3/4 -1/4 | 13.04 3/4 -6 |
| FUTURES MARKET: | Class lll Milk | ||
| Oct-26 | 14.94 -.19 | ||
| Nov-26 | 15.56 -.40 | ||
| Dec-26 | 15.98 -.32 | ||
| Jan-27 | 16.30 -.20 | ||
| Feb-27 | 16.74 -.11 | ||
| Mar-27 | 17.07 +.01 |
| Thursday, October 1, 2026 | ||||
| United States Market Prices | ||||
| MID WEST DIRECT | STEERS | HEIFERS | ||
| Dressed / Choice | $218.65 | $218.84 | ||
| Dressed / Live | $347.00 | NA | ||
| BOXED BEEF CUTOUT | Price | Change | Choice/Select Spread | |
| Choice | $376.79 | -$6.00 | $23.90 | |
| Select | $352.89 | -$7.79 | ||
| COW CARCASS CUTOUT VALUE | Price | Change | ||
| Current | $315.94 | -$8.16 | ||
| HOGS Caracss Basis | Carcass Avg | Live Avg | ||
| Eastern Cornbelt | NA | NA | ||
| Western Cornbelt | $78.02 | $56.17 | ||
| NATIONAL DIRECT SOW - LIVE | Low | High | Average | |
| 300 to 400 lbs | $64.75 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| 400 to 450 lbs | $65.72 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| 450 to 500 lbs | $70.62 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| PORK CARCASS CUTOUT VALUE | Price | Change | ||
| $85.29 | $0.34 | |||
| Close of | 10/1/2026 | |||
| FUTURES MARKET: | Live Cattle | Feeder Cattle | Lean Hogs | |
| Oct-26 | 219.35 +.67 | 336.42 +2.77 | 78.72 -.65 | |
| Nov-26 | $0.00 | 334.30 +3.40 | $0.00 | |
| Dec-26 | 223.35 +.65 | $0.00 | 67.42 -.27 | |
| Jan-27 | $0.00 | 327.67 +4.27 | $0.00 | |
| Feb-27 | 225.60 +.52 | $0.00 | 70.17 -.45 | |
| Mar-27 | $0.00 | 324.20 +4.60 | $0.00 | |
| FUTURES MARKET: | Corn | Wheat | Soybeans | |
| Oct-26 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Nov-26 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 12.93 -4 3/4 | |
| Dec-26 | 5.00 3/4 -21 1/4 | 6.75 3/4 -17 | $0.00 | |
| Jan-27 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 13.09 1/4 -3 1/2 | |
| Feb-27 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Mar-27 | 5.15 1/2 -20 1/2 | 6.90 3/4 -16 1/4 | 13.18 1/2 -3 | |
| FUTURES MARKET: | Class lll Milk | |||
| Oct-26 | 14.94 +.04 | |||
| Nov-26 | 15.50 +.24 | |||
| Dec-26 | 15.93 +.16 | |||
| Jan-27 | 16.11 +.11 | |||
| Feb-27 | 16.61 +.14 | |||
| Mar-27 | 16.89 +.10 | |||
