CME: LE Live Cattle Futures prices Long-term forecast and price chart
■ Contract Unit: 40,000 pounds (~18 metric tons) ■ Price Quotation: Cents per pound ■ Settlement Method: Deliverable ■ Seasonally cattle price moves higher from November to January. Prices tend to move lower from February to May. ■ Cattle from the calf stage to the point when they reach about 600 to 800, which takes about six to ten months.