Trade deals and cash prices drive beef market shifts, while consumer demand remains strong despite packer losses.

Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle futures saw some recovery on the opening Monday after a melt down on Friday which produced limit down closes in most of the feeder cattle contracts and ...

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the pressure came from fund long liquidation and was continuing on Friday with ...

Beef futures reach multi-year highs while production costs climb. Tyler Schau explains why flexible hedging beats rigid ...

Sky-high beef prices are colliding with America's newfound protein obsession, while ranchers say a crippling cattle shortage ...

Fed slaughter is currently 81.4% of total cattle slaughter, the highest percentage since 2007. Low cow slaughter since 2022 ...

As beef prices surge 14% higher than last year’s records, market analysts and cattlemen weigh the impact of shifting ...

During the first quarter of 2026, the U.S. imported 562,000 metric tons of beef and beef products valued at nearly $4.5 ...

You feel the sting every time you reach for a pack of steaks or a tray of Ground beef, even as headlines hint that cattle markets are finally cooling. Retail prices are still hovering near records ...

Cattle futures prices fell in the second half of October on news that the U.S. may increase beef imports from Argentina. But beef prices didn't, and supply and demand remain about the same as before.

The U.S. beef cattle market should continue flying high but also faces turbulence in 2026 thanks to the lowest inventory in 75 years, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation economist. “With ...