These are contracts that keep fed cattle off the spot or cash market, and allow the four meatpackers that control more than ...

A leading food industry analyst predicts that consumers will face significantly higher beef prices until at least mid-2025, ...

Beef prices are high and should remain that way for some time based on the tightness of the beef herd. However, there are ...

Geiss Meat Market in Merrill has been dealing with a backlog of orders. Owner Andy Geiss says one reason for that is because of the cattle shortage across the country. “Where customers normally would ...

The high prices are mainly due to increased livestock exports, reduced local supply, high transportation costs, disease ...

Still, in 2004, an Alabama jury awarded cattlemen $1.28 billion in a years-long class action lawsuit (known as Pickett) ...

The beef trade continues to move in a positive direction, with factories that didn’t move up with quotes last week forced to ...

International demand for U.S. beef was down slightly in 2023 with higher prices but the U.S. Meat Export Federation is expecting a rebound in 2024. Randy Spronk, Chair, of the U.S. Meat Export ...

Easing costs and a surging beef price has turned profit fortunes around for marginal calves this year, helping to cut calf ...