USDA’s January and July Cattle Inventory reports, released toward the end of each respective month, provide the total inventory of beef cows, milk cows, bulls, replacement heifers, other steers and ...

Livestock economists said the Jan. 30 cattle inventory report showed what they expected—the nation’s beef herd is not expanding. The United States all cattle and calves count was 86.2 million head as ...

The U.S. beef cow inventory has reached its lowest point since 1962, marking what appears to be the bottom of the current cattle cycle. Tight supply is driving the strong pricing environment beef ...

As a cow-calf producer, Calaveras County rancher Michael David Fischer is bucking a national trend that has kept the U.S. cattle supply tight and the price of beef at near-record profit levels. While ...

PENDLETON — The beef cycle probably peaked this fall with a record price of $245 per hundredweight for fed cattle, but the market should drop only slightly in 2026 as supply slowly rebuilds, said a ...

The number of beef cattle in the U.S. continues to fall, a pair of reports released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture show. "We are not expanding the breeding herd yet, and the implications ...

Beef prices are going to remain high and likely climb even higher before consumers can expect to see any relief in the coming ...

The United States cattle on feed report showed a 3% drop in inventory for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service ...