Livestock and Grain Markets, Prices & Futures
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Latest News from Markets
Beef’s getting better, to judge by the uptrend in quality grades and resurgent consumer demand. However, an increasing share of that demand has been for ground beef – and an average pound of that versatile staple now sells for more than $4.
Cattle prices have set records for the past five years in a row, and that has increased prices at the meat case, says University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Ron Plain.
A southern Arizona meat distributor is recalling more than 50,000 pounds of pork and beef because they were mislabeled.
Beef prices went down while cattle prices rebounded.
Winter weather has been a factor in beef and cattle prices lately, but it didn’t keep the market down for boxed beef this week.
The past week of poor weather has kept the beef market downs.
Expansion of the beef herd looks to continue while beef production will see a marginal slide.
A new study shows that Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) has not adversely affected trade with Canada and Mexico.
Beef production is looking to increase from original projections, while exports are dropping off a bit.