LivestockAustralian beef shipped to the United States has overtaken estimated domestic use for perhaps the first time, driven by a 70-year low in the US cattle herd, though MLA cautions that the domestic figure is only a proxy.
LivestockAHDB expects beef output of 904,000 tonnes in 2026 and 896,000 in 2027, with prices above the five-year average, while muted demand, imports and bluetongue are the risks.
LivestockExport values rose 15% and volumes 8% to almost 293,000 tonnes, led by beef up 23% to £450m and sheepmeat up 15% to £401m, as AHDB, HCC and QMS promote British meat at Sial Paris.
LivestockFrom 26 October the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service will publish an extra regional cash cattle report pooling Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, as negotiated cash trade has fallen below 18 percent of purchases.
LivestockDomestic beef wholesalers in Australia say trimmings and grilling cuts are recovering as China returns to the market, though freight costs and cautious shoppers still weigh on the trade.
LivestockFerrero Bonsmaras took the champion and reserve champion individual beef carcass titles at South Africa's 2026 Royal Show, with Beefmaster and Santa Gertrudis winning other classes.
LivestockMarket analyst Simon Quilty says beef from Bos indicus herds in Brazil and India overtook Bos taurus production two years ago, widening the price gap between quality and commodity beef.
LivestockThe grant, the largest federal award in the university's history, helps fund a $19.5 million Center for Beef Cattle Research and Innovation with 90 research pens and 45 commercial-scale pens in the Texas Panhandle.
LivestockBeef Central's weekly genetics review draws on decades of Hereford records from a US research herd and an Australian Angus trial to show that a calf's weaning weight mixes its own growth with its mother's, and that chasing one trait can cost fertility.
MLA's Michael Crowley and analyst Simon Quilty told about 200 producers in north-west Queensland that strong overseas demand and shrinking herds should support Australian beef returns for two to three years.
LivestockA Supreme Court lawyer has given the government 15 days to lift the ban on importing live cattle and certified halal frozen beef and to rationalise duties, arguing that beef now selling at Tk 780-850 a kilo could fall to Tk 250.
LivestockKansas State University's Meat Demand Monitor found willingness to pay for ribeye rose to $20.71 a pound and ground beef to $12.11, while 37% of consumers said their finances were worse than a year ago.
LivestockCoBank's quarterly outlook finds US beef held back by scarce cattle, pork reliant on exports, chicken growing into price-sensitive demand, and the dairy herd at a 34-year high on beef-on-dairy calf returns.
