Live Cattle Price Today & History LE=F
Quoted per pound (USD)
$223.70
-0.0750
(-0.03%)
As of Oct 7, 2026, 11:36 PM EDT
per pound
Live Cattle (LE=F) is trading down at $223.70 per pound (-0.03%), as of the latest quote.
Live Cattle price history
Live Cattle last closed at $223.70 per pound on Oct 7, 2026. That is -4.03% over one year. Over the past 52 weeks its closing price ranged from $207.00 (Nov 25, 2025) to $258.48 (Apr 30, 2026).
| Period | Change |
|---|---|
| 1 month | +5.05% |
| 6 months | -10.16% |
| Year to date | -3.58% |
| 1 year | -4.03% |
| 3 years | +22.19% |
| 5 years | +78.57% |
| Year | Highest close | Lowest close | Year-end close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | $258.48 | $210.18 | $223.70 | -3.58% |
| 2025 | $243.95 | $192.25 | $232.00 | +19.68% |
| 2024 | $194.18 | $169.95 | $193.85 | +11.62% |
| 2023 | $187.08 | $155.95 | $173.68 | +12.18% |
| 2022 | $158.50 | $130.53 | $154.83 | +11.47% |
| 2021 (from Oct 7) | $139.40 | $124.10 | $138.90 | — |
Daily closing prices for LE=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 Live Cattle
CME live-cattle futures (LE) price slaughter-ready steers in US cents per pound. The contract is the headline US beef price benchmark.
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