Weekly Beef Sales were down 29% with Weekly Exports down 4%.
Thu March 20, 2025
Approximately 43% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought compared to 38% last week.
Thu March 20, 2025
Pre-breeding exams help farmers & ranchers assess heifers' potential as cows or feeder market candidates before investing more resources.
Wed March 19, 2025
On April 12, 2024, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced it would no longer provide the July Cattle Inventory report… Now USDA has reversed that decision.
Wed March 19, 2025
Compared to last year, estimates indicate Cattle on Feed, Placements & Marketings will all be lower.
Tue March 18, 2025
Last week's Marketings were 15.3% higher than the 3 Year Average.
Mon March 17, 2025
Compared to last week, cash prices for all classes of cattle were higher, as were live cattle futures and feeder cattle futures. The dressed beef cutouts were higher with May corn futures lower.
Sun March 16, 2025
Weekly Beef Sales were up 7% with Weekly Exports up 21%.
Thu March 13, 2025
Approximately 38% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought, unchanged from last week.
Thu March 13, 2025
On an annual basis, headline inflation was at 2.8%, while core was at 3.1%, both 0.1 percentage point below the Wall Street consensus and the previous month’s levels.
Wed March 12, 2025
Cattle price forecasts are lowered for the first half of 2025 based on recent prices. The second half is unchanged as demand for cattle is expected to remain strong.
Tue March 11, 2025
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act.
Tue March 11, 2025
Last week's Marketings were 4.6% lower than the 3 Year Average.
Mon March 10, 2025
The biggest threat to cattle and beef markets is the potential loss of consumer demand that would result from a significant macroeconomic meltdown.
Mon March 10, 2025
Compared to last week, fed cattle trade in the Southern Plains was steady with Northern Plains trade higher. Feeder cattle and stocker calves traded higher.
Sat March 08, 2025
Approximately 38% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought compared to 36% last week.
Thu March 06, 2025
R-CALF USA requests additional tariffs and tariff rate quotas on imports of beef, mutton and lamb from around the world.
Wed March 05, 2025
Data indicates increasing prospects for a larger-than-previously-expected calf supply in 2025.
Wed March 05, 2025
Last week's Marketings were 1.9% lower than the 3 Year Average.
Mon March 03, 2025
The market is indicating that the highest and best use of forage is for calf production rather than forage-based stocker production.
Mon March 03, 2025
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