After the volatility to start the week on Monday, and amid the holiday shortened trading week, cattle futures somehow rallied to a higher weekly close as we finished out the month of November on Friday. Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek in Sioux Center, IA joins us to wrap up the week in the livestock and grain markets. Find more at https://www.kkvtrading.com.

Also on today's show, we feature two conversations from the 2025 NAFB Convention last week in Kansas City, MO as we talked with David Widmar from Agricultural Economic Insights and Tanner Ehmke with CoBank. And in Segment Four, Susan Littlefield visited Friday with Sue Martin From Ag & Investments in Clarion, IA to wrap the month of November in the trade.

The Friday after Thanksgiving is usually a quiet market day with a hard open and shortened session of trading. We see grains quiet with more strength in cattle futures to close out the week. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss and wrap up the week of trade.

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! On today's episode, we look at the strength in grain and cattle futures ahead of the holiday on Wednesday. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss factors he is watching across wheat, crude oil, corn, soybeans and cattle as we close out the month of November. More at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

On this week's Cattle Chatter, Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek breaks down how the Tyson plant closure is set to weigh on the trade in the weeks ahead. Cattle weights remain elevated, though the incoming Arctic blast may finally trim some pounds. Brad also dives into the formula trade, what this shutdown means for leverage, and why history may be repeating itself — echoing the plant closure challenges we saw back in 2015.