Taken together, the July Cattle on Feed and the Cattle Inventory reports do not indicate significant heifer retention.
Mon July 28, 2025
Frozen beef, pork, and pork bellies are lower while frozen supplies of poultry are higher.
Mon July 28, 2025
Fed cattle were steady with feeder cattle and stocker calves higher. Both live cattle and feeder cattle futures were also higher.
Sat July 26, 2025
Marketings down 4%, the lowest for June since the series began in 1996.
Fri July 25, 2025
All cattle and calves in the United States on July 1, 2025 totaled 94.2 million head, 1 percent below the 95.4 million head on July 1, 2023.
Fri July 25, 2025
The invasive Asian Longhorned Tick has been confirmed in 22 Missouri counties. The tick has also recently been confirmed in Iowa and Illinois.
Fri July 25, 2025
The theory behind the "Bullish/Bearish Indicator" is when the public reaches a consensus, they are usually wrong.
Fri July 25, 2025
June Beef production was 2 percent below the previous year with cattle slaughter down 4 percent.
Thu July 24, 2025
There have been numerous cattle policies enacted that shape the framework of the U.S. cattle industry in contradiction to the financial and economic interests of cattle producers.
Thu July 24, 2025
Approximately 15% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought, unchanged from last week.
Thu July 24, 2025
Weekly Beef Sales were up 90% and Weekly Exports were up 22%.
Thu July 24, 2025
USDA has developed a phased plan to relocate much of its Agency headquarters and NCR staff out of the Washington, D.C. area to five hub locations.
Thu July 24, 2025
A blanket ban on US beef imports to Australia was lifted in 2019, but restrictions remained on Canadian and Mexican cattle slaughtered in America.
Wed July 23, 2025
Swormlure is a synthetic bait designed to attract adult screwworm flies and may be highly effective when combined with insecticides in eradicating NWS.
Wed July 23, 2025
43% of Pasture & Range Conditions rated 'Good to Excellent' compared to 46% Last Week and 40% Last Year.
Tue July 22, 2025
74% of Corn Crop Condition rated as 'Good to Excellent' compared to 74% Last Week and 67% Last Year.
Tue July 22, 2025
Last week's Marketings were 48.8% higher than the 3 Year Average.
Mon July 21, 2025
Ground beef prices across the U.S. continue to reach new highs, driven by shrinking cattle herds, with looming import restrictions threatening to push costs even higher.
Mon July 21, 2025
Compared to last week, feeder cattle and stocker calves were higher with live cattle futures slightly higher while feeder cattle futures closed lower.
Sat July 19, 2025
The U.S. labor force participation rate has been in steady decline since 2000, a trend that is accelerating. Nearly 2.4 million working-age Americans exited the labor force in just the past eight months.