For beef cattle in particular, the current strong prices are largely a result of a low cattle inventory (94.2 million head as of July 2025), the lowest level since USDA began tracking this figure ...

Today, President Donald J. Trump directed the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the nation’s largest meat packing companies for ...

As Republicans and President Donald Trump continue beefing over the price of beef, the president recently decided to quadruple the number of imported cattle cuts from Argentina in an effort to lower ...

President Donald Trump is responding to consumers’ anger about high food prices, particularly the price of beef. At the end of September, the average cost of a pound of ground beef was $6.30, ...

U.S. beef margins for JBS, the world's largest meat company, will likely tighten in the fourth quarter from the prior period ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian meatpacker JBS is prepared for a likely shift in the country's cattle cycle that could lead to reduced availability of animals for slaughter next year, an executive ...

Live cattle futures are showing $5.35 to $6.27 losses across most contracts on Tuesday. Cash activity has yet to show much beyond compiling showlists this week. Last week saw sales of $242-243, steady ...

Meatpackers like JBS and Tyson Foods are being squeezed by the lowest U.S. cattle supply since the 1950s. It is driving their beef costs to record levels, and leading to hundreds of millions of ...