The shift to tighter fed cattle supplies and smaller slaughter head counts pushed year to date (YTD) fed cattle prices up 22% on average for the year. Resulting smaller boxed beef volume and narrowing ...

USDA announced several initiatives to promote fair competition in American agriculture and reduce food prices for consumers Tuesday morning ... focusing on beef markets as a case study.

Quality grades—eating characteristics Beef grades are determined by USDA employees working independently of producers and packers. Inspection for safety and wholesomeness is mandatory and paid for by ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a pilot project on Friday that will allow more cattlemen and meat processors to utilize USDA carcass quality grades. The Remote Grading Pilot for Beef, ...

“The boxed beef ... USDA’s most recent Crop Production and WASDE reports. He says information in those reports indicates grain prices may be more firm than they had been over the summer. He ...

By-product values supported cattle prices throughout 2021 ... from the animal’s by-products that “drop” off the carcass when an animal is harvested for beef. Those items include hides, edible offal, ...

He said that is likely due to the concurrent sale of culled beef cows after weaning in the fall. The USDA history showed the months that historically have posted the highest prices for market dairy ...

This was down 8 percent from November 2023. Commercial red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter including beef, veal, pork, lamb and mutton. Individual commodity production is total ...