WASDE: For 2025, Cattle Prices are Raised; Beef Exports Lowered
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
WASDE: For 2025, Cattle Prices are Raised; Beef Exports Lowered

Cattle prices raised based on 1st-Quarter data and expected robust demand for the remainder of the year.

Thu April 10 2025

38.47% of the Lower 48 States are in Drought compared to 43.37% Last Week
DROUGHT
38.47% of the Lower 48 States are in Drought compared to 43.37% Last Week

Approximately 35% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought compared to 43% last week.

Thu April 10 2025

Consumer Prices fall for First Time since 2020
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Consumer Prices fall for First Time since 2020

The 12-month core rate eased to 2.8% from 3.1%, marking the lowest level in four years.

Thu April 10 2025

Number of U.S. Farms Continues Slow Decline
U.S. Farms & Ranches
Number of U.S. Farms Continues Slow Decline

The number of U.S. farms in 2024 was down about 1 percent from the 2022 Census of Agriculture and 8 percent from the 2017 census.

Wed April 09 2025

Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings for the week ending 4/5/25
Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings
Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings for the week ending 4/5/25

Last week's Marketings were 11.4% lower than the 3 Year Average.

Wed April 09 2025

Lonesome Report: U.S. Forest Service Attack on the Maude Ranch in SD
Lonesome Lands
Lonesome Report: U.S. Forest Service Attack on the Maude Ranch in SD

Charles & Heather Maude have been harassed and now arrested over a fence that has been in the same place since 1906.

Wed April 09 2025

Prices for Corrientes Soar
Corrientes
Prices for Corrientes Soar

With border closures, soaring prices and shrinking supply, roping contractors are facing one of their toughest seasons yet.

Tue April 08 2025

New Beef Packing Plant in Missouri to open this Week
Beef Processing
New Beef Packing Plant in Missouri to open this Week

The facility includes a harvest floor, carcass chillers, fabrication area, rendering, further processing area, storage coolers, freezers, and loading docks.

Tue April 08 2025

Cattle & Beef Prices: All Bets are Off
Beef Cattle Prices
Cattle & Beef Prices: All Bets are Off

The weight of the current macroeconomic chaos may overwhelm cattle and beef markets and may completely alter the industry trajectory in the coming years. 

Mon April 07 2025

Weekly Cattle Market Overview for Week Ending 4/4/25
Cattle/Beef Prices
Weekly Cattle Market Overview for Week Ending 4/4/25

Fed cattle trade was lower with feeder cattle and stocker calves higher. Cattle futures collapsed under the weight of tariff worries.

Sat April 05 2025

NCBA supports Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs
Tariffs
NCBA supports Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs

Numerous countries impose tariff and non-tariff trade barriers on American beef that inhibit opportunities to export our high-quality product.

Fri April 04 2025

Bullish/Bearish Sentiment for week ending 4/3/25
Bullish/Bearish Consensus
Bullish/Bearish Sentiment for week ending 4/3/25

The theory behind the "Bullish/Bearish Indicator" is when the public reaches a consensus, they are usually wrong.

Fri April 04 2025

March Jobs Report: Hiring Defied Expectations with 228,000 New Jobs
Jobs Report
March Jobs Report: Hiring Defied Expectations with 228,000 New Jobs

Healthcare, social assistance and the transportation sector added jobs

Fri April 04 2025

Ranch Group Thankful for Cattle, Beef and Lamb Tariffs
Tariffs
Ranch Group Thankful for Cattle, Beef and Lamb Tariffs

Tariffs are needed to reverse the ongoing and rapid contraction of both the U.S. cattle industry and sheep industry.

Thu April 03 2025

43.37% of the Lower 48 States are in Drought compared to 44.48% Last Week
DROUGHT
43.37% of the Lower 48 States are in Drought compared to 44.48% Last Week

Approximately 43% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought.

Thu April 03 2025

President Trump imposes a 10 Percent Tariff on Australian Beef Imports
Beef Imports
President Trump imposes a 10 Percent Tariff on Australian Beef Imports

In 2024, the US took a record amount of Australian beef, almost 400,000 tonnes.

Thu April 03 2025

04/03/25: Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights
Exports
04/03/25: Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights

Weekly Beef Sales were up 16% with Weekly Exports up 6%.

Thu April 03 2025

Restaurant Performance Index fell 2.3% in February
Restaurant Performance Index
Restaurant Performance Index fell 2.3% in February

A majority of restaurant operators reported lower same-store sales and customer traffic in February, which was a sharp reversal from the more positive readings in January.

Wed April 02 2025

Is There a Regenerative Cow?
Soil Health
Is There a Regenerative Cow?

Regenerative is a description of the type of grazing management and land stewardship applied to a grazing land resource to rebuild and optimize soil health.

Wed April 02 2025

More than 100,000 Head of Livestock Lost during Flooding in Outback Queensland
Australian Flood
More than 100,000 Head of Livestock Lost during Flooding in Outback Queensland

AgForce Queensland general president Shane McCarthy said he had seen stock losses of up to 80 per cent in some areas.

Tue April 01 2025

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