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# Feeder Cattle Outperform S&P and NQ

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 Lauren Urbanczyk

July 15, 2025

Feeder Cattle year to date returns have outpaced the S&P 500 and Nasdaq markets. With some days the ES contract has more daily volume at each tick than the whole feeder market combined. Fast markets. This is definitely NOT a recommendation to trade feeders, but rather to show the magnitude of this year's move.

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