Border Uncertainty and Cash Standoff Keep Cattle Trade on Edge

The market is still searching for clarity on border developments, especially after Brooke Rollins canceled her planned Friday visit to Arizona. On this week’s Cattle Chatter, Brad Kooima at Kooima Kooima Varilek looks at how that uncertainty is adding to an already quiet tone in the cash market, where a standoff continues and could stretch through Friday’s close. For now, cattle weights aren’t raising major concerns, while attention is starting to turn toward seasonal demand. With one of the biggest grilling occasions of the year—Mother’s Day on May 10—just around the corner, there’s optimism that boxed beef values could