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Feeder Cattle Price Today & History GF=F

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Feeder Cattle (GF=F) is a livestock commodity quoted per pound.

Feeder Cattle price history

Feeder Cattle last closed at $338.15 per pound on Oct 7, 2026. That is -8.48% over one year. Over the past 52 weeks its closing price ranged from $304.98 (Nov 24, 2025) to $380.18 (Oct 14, 2025).

Feeder Cattle price change to Oct 7, 2026
PeriodChange
1 month+2.82%
6 months-9.23%
Year to date-3.45%
1 year-8.48%
3 years+36.14%
5 years+112.04%
Feeder Cattle by year, per pound
YearHighest closeLowest closeYear-end closeChange
2026 (to date) $375.88 $318.98 $338.15 -3.45%
2025 $380.18 $264.78 $350.25 +33.16%
2024 $264.60 $223.13 $263.03 +18.32%
2023 $257.38 $177.93 $222.30 +21.01%
2022 $184.23 $151.65 $183.70 +10.08%
2021 (from Oct 8) $167.15 $154.40 $166.88 —

Daily closing prices for GF=F over the last five years, from Yahoo Finance. Highest and lowest are daily closes, not intraday extremes. The current year runs to the latest close.

About Feeder Cattle

CME feeder-cattle futures (GF) price weaned calves destined for feedlots in US cents per pound. The spread to live cattle reflects feedlot margins.

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About the Feeder Cattle market

Feeder cattle are young cattle that have been weaned and grown on pasture and are ready to be moved to feedlots, where they are fattened before slaughter. Their benchmark contract is Feeder Cattle Futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), under the product code GF. One contract covers 50,000 pounds, about 23 metric tons, and is quoted in US cents per pound. Unlike most agricultural futures, the contract is financially settled rather than settled by delivering animals.

Feedlots buy feeder cattle, so their price depends on what those animals are expected to be worth once fattened and on what it costs to feed them. Higher prices for finished cattle tend to support feeder prices, while higher corn and other feed costs tend to weigh on them. The size of the national cattle herd, pasture conditions and drought, which can force ranchers to sell animals early, and consumer demand for beef also move the market.

Sources: CME Group: Feeder Cattle Futures contract specs

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