Live Cattle rose to 217.63 USd/Lbs on December 2, 2025, up 1.60% from the previous day. Over the past month, Live Cattle's price has fallen 6.28%, but it is still 15.49% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Live Cattle - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

Feeder Cattle fell to 321.05 USd/Lbs on December 1, 2025, down 0.90% from the previous day. Over the past month, Feeder Cattle's price has fallen 6.28%, but it is still 25.03% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Feeder Cattle - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

United States Livestock Price: Feeder Cattle, OKC: Steers: Medium #1: 500-550 lbs data was reported at 379.750 USD/cwt in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 376.170 USD/cwt for Mar 2025. United States Livestock Price: Feeder Cattle, OKC: Steers: Medium #1: 500-550 lbs data is updated monthly, averaging 155.444 USD/cwt from Jan 2000 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 304 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 379.750 USD/cwt in Apr 2025 and a record low of 87.500 USD/cwt in Sep 2002. United States Livestock Price: Feeder Cattle, OKC: Steers: Medium #1: 500-550 lbs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Economic Research Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.P002: Livestock Price.

This product provides information on Alberta Slaughter Cattle Prices, for a ten year period. Comparison of Steers, Heifers, Cows D1/D2 and D3, Feeder Cows and Bulls Prices per 100 Lbs Live; and monthly prices for the most recently published year are included.

The retail price of 100% ground beef in the United States has risen significantly in the last two decades. In 2024, a pound of ground beef cost **** U.S. dollars, up from **** U.S. dollars in 2008. Cattle and beef production in the U.S. In 2022, there were almost ** million beef cows in the United States. Compared to sheep, pigs, and chickens, cows are very expensive to raise and require much more water, feed, and land per calorie generated. Though beef production fluctuates from year to year, there has been a positive trend in beef production in the last several years in the United States. U.S. beef market In terms of retail sales, beef is the leading type of fresh meat in the United States. On average, beef generates about *********** U.S. dollars in sales per store per week, compared to approximately *********** dollars for chicken, and less than ************* dollars for pork. As of 2021, per capita consumption of beef in the United States amounted to about ** pounds per year.

This table contains 8 series, with data for years 1930 - 1990 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (4 items: Montreal;Toronto;Winnipeg;Calgary); Type of livestock (4 items: Slaughter steers, good;Slaughter cows, good;Feeder steers, good;Calves veal, good and choice).

Value per head of livestock at July 1, Canada and provinces (in dollars). Data are available on an annual basis.

Graph and download economic data for Wholesale Price of Hides, Packer, Heavy Native Steers for Chicago, IL (M0482AUS16980M267NNBR) from Jan 1890 to Jan 1951 about cattle, leather, livestock, heavy weight, Chicago, wholesale, IL, price, and USA.

Beef traded flat at 321.60 BRL/15KG on December 1, 2025. Over the past month, Beef's price has risen 0.44%, but it is still 8.58% lower than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Beef - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Producer Price Index by Commodity: Farm Products: Slaughter Cattle (WPU0131) from Jan 1947 to Sep 2025 about slaughter, cattle, livestock, agriculture, commodities, PPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

The University of Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station’s Gund Ranch near Austin, Nevada is approximately 100,000 acres with grazing by 325 cow-calf pairs. Cows are mostly Angus (80%) and Hereford (20%). Bulls are Angus X Hereford. Calves are mostly Angus with some black baldies. Cattle graze a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) grazing permit from April through July. Calving starts about mid-April. Branding is planned for 90-100 days after birth with bull calves castrated as this time. Privately-owned meadows are grazed July-September with weaning starting on September 15. Cows are grazed on BLM low elevation shrublands and weaned calves are kept in meadows with supplemental hay feeding on the Gund Ranch from October 1st through January 1st. The calves not kept for replacements are gathered and weighed for a total herd weight and shipped approximately the 1st of November. The larger end of the steers and heifers typically range from 475-490 pounds. Around 100 head are loaded onto a semi to achieve a full truckload of 48,000-50,0000 pounds. The smaller end of the steers and heifers are shipped on a second semi load. Weights are decreased with a 2% shrink calculation. In Nevada, there are only two sale barns, so many ranches receive more money by selling semi loads shipped to grazinglands of buyers’ choice. Calves are primarily sold on the internet go through Roundup Cattle Company. In years with drought conditions, calves may not reach the 48,000-50,000 weight limit for a second truck. Thus, the smaller calves can be marketed through a local sale barn at a one of their special calf sales. Supported/funded by the University of Nevada, Reno, the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, and USDA. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Data From the University of Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station’s Gund Ranch . File Name: Gund_Ranch_Data.csvResource Description: Data contains Pregnancy rates, calf weaning weights, and sale prices from 2008 - 2020Resource Title: Data dictionary for data from the University of Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station’s Gund Ranch . File Name: Gund_Ranch_DataDictionary.csv

Steaks were the most expensive cut of beef in the UK as of *************. For a kilogram of steak, consumers could expect to pay ***** British pounds. Mince was the cheapest beef product, at only **** British pounds per kilogram.

UK beef consumption

Perhaps due to its cheap price point, mince is the most purchased cut of meat in Great Britain. The volume of mince purchased in 2020/2021 was more than double the purchases of the next most popular cut, beef burgers, and grills. In general, consumer spending on meat in the UK has increased. In 2022, spending exceeded ** billion British pounds for the first time.

Cattle population in the UK

In 2022, the population of cattle and calves in the UK was about *** million and has generally been gradually declining for almost two decades. The number of cows and bulls slaughtered annually has fluctuated during this period, however. In 2021. More than ******* cows and bulls were slaughtered in the UK.

United Kingdom Livestock Price: Great Britain (GB): Clean Cattle: Liveweight data was reported at 271.590 GBP/100 kg in Mar 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 267.110 GBP/100 kg for Feb 2023. United Kingdom Livestock Price: Great Britain (GB): Clean Cattle: Liveweight data is updated monthly, averaging 193.760 GBP/100 kg from Jan 2015 (Median) to Mar 2023, with 99 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 271.590 GBP/100 kg in Mar 2023 and a record low of 171.850 GBP/100 kg in Apr 2016. United Kingdom Livestock Price: Great Britain (GB): Clean Cattle: Liveweight data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.P003: Livestock Prices: Great Britain. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

This product provides information on Alberta Slaughter Cattle Prices, for a ten year period. Comparison of Steers, Heifers, Cows D1/D2 and D3, Feeder Cows and Bulls Prices per 100 Lbs Live; and monthly prices for the most recently published year are included.

The effects of stocking rate on livestock performance and profitability were monitored on 12 pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center (CGREC) near Streeter, ND from 1989 through 2015. These data were produced from an investigation of how the impacts of grazing intensity on native range, in addition to an economic component, was included to determine grazing intensity effect on animal production. Cattle were raised at the CGREC or purchased at auction. Livestock cattle breeds are unknown, but can be described as either yearling open heifer, bred heifers or all steers. 1994 was the only year when the herds were mixed sexes. A table of stocking history is available with this data package as a supplemental dataset called: StockingHistory1989-2015.csv. Information on pasture acreage and the proportion of acres in various ecological range sites, as well as stocking rates, are included as supplemental datasets and are called, respectively: Pasture_and_RangeSites.csv and Revised_AUM_Cals.csv This data package supports papers reporting the response of livestock performance as ADG (average daily weight gain) and production as weight gain per unit land area to cattle grazing on northern mixed-grass prairie in south-central North Dakota that was subsequently invaded by Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) in 1995. Grazing traditionally occurred mid-May until mid-October in 12 pastures, each approximately 30 acres. The goal of managing grazing intensity was to leave a certain percentage of forage produced in that year OR relative to an average year on the pasture. This was achieved by adjusting stocking rate (i.e. number of individuals per area) within each pasture. When necessary as in 2015, animals were supplemented with dried distiller’s grain at .3% of body weight each day. An animal unit month was used to determine stocking rates and is defined as the forage required to sustain a 1,000 lb cow and her calf for one month. This assumes they require 26 lbs/day of forage on a dry matter basis. This forage amount was based on metabolic weight of animals in this study, including a 1200lb cow as 1.147 AUMs and a 700 lb steer or open heifer as.765 AUM. Five grazing intensities included: no grazing, light grazing (1.3 animal unit months [AUM] · ha-1 with 65% of forage left in the fall), moderate grazing (2.7 AUM · ha-1 with 50% of forage left in the fall), heavy grazing (4.4 AUM · ha-1 with 35% of forage left in fall), and extreme grazing (6.9 AUM · ha-1 with 20% of forage left in the fall). Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Descriptions of pasture and rangelands sites. File Name: Pasture_and_RangeSites.csvResource Description: These data are supplemental to livestock production and provide descriptions of pasture and rangeland ecological sites on which cattle grazed.Resource Title: Data dictionary for descriptions of pasture and rangelands sites. File Name: Pasture_and_RangeSites_DataDict.csvResource Description: Column header definitions for descriptions of pasture and rangelands sitesResource Title: Stocking history (1989-2015) for pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota . File Name: StockingHistory1989-2015.csvResource Description: These are supplemental data to describe stocking history (1989-2015) for pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota Resource Title: Data dictionary for the stocking history (1989-2015) for pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota . File Name: StockingHistory1989-2015_DataDict.csvResource Description: Column headers defined for the stocking history (1989-2015) for pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota Resource Title: Stocking rates (1989-2015) for pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota . File Name: AUM_Calcs_AUMperAcre.csvResource Description: Stocking rates (1989-2015) for pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota reported for each grazing treatment in acres required to provide forage, as well as a mean stocking rate calculated with AUM/acre and as the inverse of the number of acres provided.Resource Title: Data dictionary for stocking rates (1989-2015) for pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota . File Name: AUM_Calcs_DataDict_AUMperAcre.csvResource Description: Column headers defined for stocking rates (1989-2015) for pastures at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota Resource Title: 27 years of livestock production data under different stocking rate levels at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota . File Name: Streeter-ND_1989-2015_compiled.csvResource Description: Compiled data for 27 years of livestock production data under different stocking rate levels at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota. Multiple data dictionaries are available to supplement these data, including descriptions of ecological sites, the stocking history, and stocking rates for each grazing treatment. Resource Title: Data dictionary for 27 years of livestock production data under different stocking rate levels at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota . File Name: Streeter-ND_1989-2015_compiled_DataDict.csvResource Description: Columns headers defined for compiled 27 years of livestock production data under different stocking rate levels at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, North Dakota

This product provides information on Average Feeder Cattle Prices, Northern Alberta, for a twelve-year period. Prices for Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers by Lbs-ranges; and monthly number in 2012, 2013, 2014 are included.

Poland Agriculture Market Price: Animals for Slaughter: Cattle excl Calves data was reported at 6.940 PLN/kg in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.070 PLN/kg for Sep 2018. Poland Agriculture Market Price: Animals for Slaughter: Cattle excl Calves data is updated monthly, averaging 4.710 PLN/kg from Jan 2000 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 226 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.220 PLN/kg in May 2018 and a record low of 2.480 PLN/kg in Jul 2003. Poland Agriculture Market Price: Animals for Slaughter: Cattle excl Calves data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Statistical Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.P003: Agriculture Market Price. Average weighted price of cattle for slaughter calculated with the adoption of the structure of procurement quantity of young cattle and cows for slaughter.

The objectives of this study were to determine the response curve of increasing supplementation rate with extruded distillers’ grains (DDG) cubes for animal performance and supplemental efficiency by steers grazing midgrass prairie in western Oklahoma. A 2-year trial was conducted at the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Marvin Klemme Range Research Station (Klemme), Bessie, Oklahoma and the USDA-ARS, Southern Plains Experimental Range (SPER), Ft. Supply, Oklahoma, both in western Oklahoma during the summers of 2021 and 2022. At Klemme, steers (n = 133 Yr 1, BW = 247 ± 24.5 kg; Yr 2, n = 134, BW = 264 ± 29.1 kg) were allocated to 6 pastures in Yr 1 and 7 pastures in Yr 2 which were assigned to three daily supplementation rates of DDG cubes: 1) Negative Control (NC)- no supplementation; 2) Low Supplement (LS) - 0.91 kg/steer and 3) Medium Supplementation (MS) – 1.82 kg/steer. At Klemme, steers were stocked at 2.0 ha/steer in yr 1 and 2.8 ha/steer in yr 2. At SPER steers (n=119 each year; Yr 1, BW = 295 ± 28.8 kg; Yr 2, BW = 294 ± 25.7 kg) were allocated to 12 pastures stocked at 2.0 ha/steer with pastures assigned to: 1) NC; 2) LS; 3) MS and 4) High Supplement – daily supplementation rate of 2.72 kg/steer.

This product provides information on Average Feeder Cattle Prices, Northern Alberta, for a twelve-year period. Prices for Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers by Lbs-ranges; and monthly number in 2012, 2013, 2014 are included.

United States Cattle Feeding Simulator: High Plains Cattle: Cost per 100 lb Gain: Total Costs data was reported at 93.313 USD/cwt in Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 88.711 USD/cwt for Dec 2024. United States Cattle Feeding Simulator: High Plains Cattle: Cost per 100 lb Gain: Total Costs data is updated monthly, averaging 112.519 USD/cwt from May 2021 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 141.237 USD/cwt in Aug 2022 and a record low of 88.711 USD/cwt in Dec 2024. United States Cattle Feeding Simulator: High Plains Cattle: Cost per 100 lb Gain: Total Costs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Economic Research Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.RI021: Cattle Feeding Simulator.