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The outlook for 2025 production is raised to 25.925 billion pounds on a higher anticipated level of fed cattle marketings, as well as on heavier carcass weights from last month. Cattle price forecasts are adjusted higher on recent price strength and the faster pace of marketings.
Looking for beef production and cattle management advice? Find resources on raising beef cattle, managing pastures, utilizing on-farm resources, and more.
USDA's ERS conducts research and analyses on the livestock market, including the cattle and beef market, and provides a monthly industry outlook as well as current and historical data covering supply, use, prices, and trade of cattle and beef.
Beef cattle production is a pillar of the U.S. economy with 94 million head of cattle in the country — beef production represents an important section of the country’s food production chain. In 2019 alone, the beef industry exported 1.32 million metric tons of products, including a variety of meat worth $8 billion to the U.S. economy.
The United States has the largest fed-cattle industry in the world, and is the world's largest producer of beef, primarily high-quality, grain-fed beef for domestic and export use. The industry is roughly divided into two production sectors: cow-calf operations and cattle feeding.
Livestock farming, raising of animals for use or for pleasure. Livestock animals are commonly farmed for their meat, hides, wool, milk, and as work animals. Learn about the raising of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, buffalo, and camels with this article.
Globally, cattle meat production has more than doubled since 1961. The United States stands as the largest producer of beef and buffalo meat, followed by Brazil and China. Other notable producers in this sector include Argentina, Australia, and India.
The return of drought in U.S. cattle-producing areas is delaying ranchers' plans to expand production after the nation's herd shrank to its smallest level in seven decades, farmers and analysts said.
North America consists of 23 countries, but most cattle are found in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the United States there are approximately 9.4 million dairy cows and 28.2 million beef cows (USDA NASS), Canada has approximately 1.4 million dairy cows and 3.5 million beef cows (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) and Mexico has approximately 3.7 million dairy cows and 9 million beef ...
In 2017, the cattle industry had the highest value of production at roughly $50.2 billion. The poultry industries were the next largest commodity in the United States, with production valued at around $42.7 billion, followed by hogs and pigs at $19.2 billion (table 1). The value of milk