Beef Market Update – RealAgriculture

The Christmas holidays are almost upon us and while Christmas markets may be busy with shoppers looking for the perfect gift in the coming weeks, the cattle markets have started to slow down in the U.S., as a lot of the buying has been done for the season. Now that we have hit December it's... Read More

Markets in the U.S. experienced a bounce this week from the downward trend that they were on due to packers running smaller fed-cattle kills in the last few weeks. That support under the cutout has been supporting the cash markets. The select spread has widened again which continues to confirm that demand for those high... Read More

Trade was slow to get moving this week in the U.S. In this Beef Market Update, Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange tells RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney that this could be due to packers possibly dragging their feet on the choice cut out, which has lost some of its momentum. There is still a strong... Read More

Holiday season — the U.S. Thanksgiving and Christmas time of year — is around the corner, and that's showing in the beef market. The upcoming holidays are impacting the choice cutout and while the chuck primal is starting to come off, the strength of the market is in the loin and rib cutouts, says Anne... Read More

Steady to higher seems to be the common theme in the majority of cattle markets throughout North America. In the southern U.S., it looks like the trades are going to come in steady to one higher and the north is pretty steady with last week, says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange in this... Read More

In the Beef Market Update this week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange and RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney start the conversation with the good news that the U.S. fat cattle market in the south and the live market in the north appear to be gaining some ground, coming off of the early September lows. That being... Read More

Seasonality is a big part of the conversation in this week's Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange. In the last few years, the markets have been trending towards higher prices; however, as we start to steady out we are likely to start seeing a little more seasonality return to the cattle... Read More

Markets this week are ending the summer in a downward trend with both the U.S. and Canada having a down week in the cash, cattle, and wholesale markets. In the States, live, dressed and choice cutout all came in steady or lower. Labour Day buying is done and going into September it is back to... Read More

Live cattle trade in the south was quieter this week, and prices drifted lower says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, in this edition of the Beef Market Update. While trade has been quieter, there's still plenty to discuss about what's happening in the beef and cattle markets both in the U.S. and Canada.... Read More

The summer doldrums seem to be hitting the U.S. cattle markets this week, with trades coming in at around $2 less than last week, whereas the choice cutout held steady. While it may feel as though cutout is struggling a bit, Anne Wasko, of Gateway Livestock Exchange, reminds us in this week's Beef Market Update... Read More