Beef Market Update – RealAgriculture

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Beef Market Update – RealAgriculture

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  1. 6D AGO

    Beef Market Update: A turbulent week in U.S. markets, currency, and carcass weights

    Cattle markets in the U.S. mirrored the volatility seen across equity, bond, and currency markets this week. U.S. markets seesawed this week — falling early, rebounding mid-week, then sliding again by Friday, as Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange tells RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney in this episode of Beef Market Update. Canadian markets, however, have held… Read More

    9 min

  2. MAR 28

    Beef Market Update: Markets are “incredible” and “on-fire,” says Anne Wasko

    “Incredible” and “on-fire” are just a couple of descriptors that Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange uses to describe the markets in this episode of Beef Market Update. When it comes to the U.S., new records continue to be set and Wasko says that a ‘pile of cattle’ were traded last week. This week started… Read More

    8 min

  3. MAR 14

    Beef Market Update: Markets try and respond to erratic news cycle

    Erratic is the word of the day and the markets are responding hour-by-hour, day-to-day, and week-to-week with the news, says Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange in this episode of the Beef Market Update. In the southern U.S., cash markets bounced back last week and have managed to hold those gains. This follows a cycle… Read More

    12 min

  4. FEB 28

    Beef Market Update: A smaller national herd, tariff talk, and carcass weight shifts

    This week held no big surprises in the beef markets. While markets were lower last week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange surmised that would continue into this week and confirmed that it has. The dressed market in the U.S. is down and the wholesale market is under pressure as well; however, showing signs of… Read More

    7 min

  5. FEB 14

    Beef Market Update: Digesting data, lighter carcass weights, and enduring frigid temperatures

    Markets in the United States faltered this week. While prices hit a high two weeks ago, this week they settled $7–$8 lower than last week. Unsurprisingly for the time of year, packers have cut kills this week, but that wasn’t enough to support the choice cutout, which dropped $6.50. While the U.S. experienced reduced prices,… Read More

    9 min

  6. JAN 31

    Beef Market Update: A solid cash market, screwworm impacts, and a predicted small calf crop

    Coming off some near-month contract highs of $200-/+ it’s no surprise to see futures falling as the week closes out, but cash cattle in the south ticked higher as they caught up to northern prices this past week (Check out the related story on cattle futures here). The cutout did show signs of weakening in… Read More

    11 min

  7. JAN 17

    Beef Market Update: A fascinating time for price, policy and trade

    Strong and high prices across the board was the story in the cattle markets this week. In the southern U.S., trade remains steady at $2.01. Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange highlights that this is the first time she has reported prices at this level on the Beef Market Update. Nebraska markets are steady to… Read More

    15 min

  8. JAN 3

    Beef Market Update: A great start for prices, a smaller cow herd, and predictions for the year ahead

    There are some years that start off slowly when it comes to the cattle markets, however 2025 is off to a great start with prices up across the board in the U.S. The Choice cut-out has been driving some of that, Anne Wasko with the Gateway Livestock Exchange explains in this first episode of Beef… Read More

    10 min
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