Shrinking cattle supplies continues to be the story in the cattle market and part of the reason cattle prices continue to climb. USDA’s annual Cattle Inventory Report released Friday shows the U.S.

USDA’s annual Cattle Inventory Report released Friday shows the U.S. cattle inventory shrunk another 1% over the past year, now at 86.7 million head. And when you look at just the number of beef ...

Last year’s USDA Cattle Inventory Report showed the smallest cattle herd in 73 years. And with no strong signs of rebuilding underway, along with strong prices providing no incentive to retain heifers ...

The January Cattle Inventory report from the UDSA will be the first time in a year that the industry has had official data that will help determine if the nation’s cattle herd is growing. The total ...

Last year’s USDA Cattle Inventory Report showed the smallest cattle herd in 73 years. And with no strong signs of rebuilding underway, along with strong prices providing no incentive to retain ...

The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture Cattle Inventory Report confirms what many in the livestock industry have anticipated: The U.S. cattle herd continues to shrink. Even last year after reaching ...

The U.S. inventory of cattle this year fell to 86.7 million as of Jan. 1 from 87.2 million a year ago, the Agriculture Department said. Supply is at the lowest level since 1952, helping spur live ...

1, 2025, according to the Cattle report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Other key findings in the report were: Of the 86.7 million ...

and ahead of Friday’s Cattle Inventory report. February live cattle closed $2.55 lower at $204.47 and April live cattle closed $3.45 lower at $201.50. March feeder cattle closed $2.07 lower at $273.20 ...

USDA’s first Cattle on Feed Report for 2025 shows the trend of a shrinking cattle inventory continues from 2024. Rusty Halvorson has the story. USDA’s first Cattle on Feed Report for the year shows ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual cattle inventory report was released after the close, with 86.7 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms as of Jan. 1, 2025. That was down one per ...