US: Cattle Market Review 31 Weeks Ending August 4, 2025

Wholesale beef prices were mixed again in Friday’s USDA daily report , with the spread between Choice and Select widening to $22.72. Choice was up $1.90 to $364.22, while Select fell 87 cents to $340.50. The USDA estimated cattle slaughter last week at 535,000 HEAD, down 14,000 head from the previous week and 57,526 head fewer than a year ago.

WEEKLY COST OF CUT OUT CAT.CHOICE

CATTLE SALES

Sale of cattle, heads

Average weight

Week 30

Week 31

Growth per week,%

Week 30

Week 31

Growth per week,%

Bulls (live weight)

1 163

14 977

1187.8%

1 389

1 505

8.4%

Heifers (live weight)

1,076

7 579

604.4%

1 276

1 317

3.2%

Bulls (slaughter weight)

7 266

974

Heifers (slaughter weight)

660

872

WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE BULL PRICE

BEEF PRODUCTION                                                                     

Indicator

Week 31

Previous week

A year ago

Growth per week,%

Growth per year, %

Volume of cattle slaughter

535,000

549,000

593,000

-2.6%

-9.8%

Live weight

1 410

1 410

1 385

0.0%

1.8%

Slaughter weight

865

866

846

-0.1%

2.2%

Beef Production (million pounds)

462,0

474,0

500,0

-2.5%

-7.6%

WEEKLY CHOICE/SELECT PRICE SHOULDER

CME: Live Cattle Futures

Week 30

Week 31

Growth per week,%

August

226.48

230.13

1.6%

October

223.15

223.68

0.2%

December

223.48

224.43

0.4%

CME: Feeder Cattle Futures

August

331.38

334.58

1.0%

September

332.20

333.93

0.5%

October

331,00

331.85

0.3%

You can learn more about the state of the cattle market in the usa (cattle prices, cost of beef by category, production dynamics) in the weekly reviews of the MEAT market in RUSSIA and in the world from Meatinfo.ru. Weekly reviews are available as part of a subscription.