Several factors may explain why cattle markets have not reached new record highs recently. From January through August, beef imports increased by 20.87% (523.7 million pounds), with South American suppliers, particularly Brazil, finding it economically viable to pay U.S....
Source: Government of Alberta
Feeder cattle prices from January 1 to September 1, 2023 are significantly higher than the same period in 2022.
“A look at weekly average feeder prices for 550-pound and 850-pound feeder cattle indicates that from January to...
Source: USDA
Beef production in 2024 is raised with higher expected steer and heifer slaughter that is partially offset by lower cow slaughter. The 2025 beef production forecast is also raised as a faster pace of fed cattle marketings is...
Source: USDA news release
The Census of Agriculture reports data on local or regionally branded food sold directly to retail outlets, institutions (like schools), intermediate markets (like food hubs), and consumers (via outlets such as farmers markets). These local-food sales...
Source: USDA
by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, Grace Grossen, and Adriana Valcu-Lisman
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for July 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates”...
The Canadian economy faced challenges in November, with unemployment rising to 6.8%, surpassing expectations, and GDP growth slowing to 1% in Q3 2024. The Bank of Canada responded with its fifth consecutive interest rate reduction, lowering the key rate...
A recent increase in the supply of female cattle has tempered fed cattle price gains in several regions monitored by Cepea. By the end of January, the sharp rise in prices for slaughter-ready female animals prompted producers to accelerate...
Source: Government of Alberta
“The proportion of female (heifer and cow) cattle slaughter relative to total cattle slaughter has increased,” says Ann Boyda, provincial livestock market analyst with the Alberta government. “A greater share of females going to slaughter makes...
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Background
America’s beef supply relies heavily on a large network of small producers to raise calves. In fact, 25% of the beef cow inventory can be found on operations with 50 or fewer head. Since these operations generally do not...
