Date: Sep 10 2025
| CAB InsiderIn the second and third quarters this year, carcass cutout values have risen at an unprecedented pace. Meanwhile, fed cattle harvest levels fell from just a 0.5% deficit in the first quarter to averaging near 8% below last year beginning in March.
Date: Aug 27 2025
| CAB InsiderWith fed cattle supplies projected to tighten even further into 2026, we aren’t equipped to mark any peak on the price charts for this phase of the supply cycle. What does appear evident is that, despite total beef market fluctuations, consumer demand for marbling-rich carcasses meeting consumer expectations are generating substantially larger premiums and gross dollars, compared to the average, than they were under similar market circumstances in 2014.
Date: Jul 31 2025
| CAB InsiderCertified Angus Beef ® brand supply trends will continue to see the push and pull of cattle management responding to tight cattle supplies. Estimates for this year’s corn crop suggest an exceptionally large yield, continuing downward price pressure. This, coupled with freshly printed record replacement feeder cattle prices, will work to entrench the modern feedyard motivation to push days on feed to new heights with carcass weights following along to new records.
Date: Jul 16 2025
| CAB InsiderCAB carcass certification rates unsurprisingly mirror the contrast seen in the grading data. While carcasses must meet all 10 specifications, the importance of the marbling specification in brand acceptance lends the trend to follow regional grade tendencies.
Date: Jul 02 2025
| CAB InsiderBeef demand has been exceptional because of dramatic increases in consumer satisfaction for a few decades. Since taste ranks at the top of the list when it comes to what drives consumers to choose beef, we know where our figurative “bread is buttered.”
Date: Jun 18 2025
| CAB InsiderSummer weather has begun to set in with more regions of the country set to experience hotter temperatures. This means the traditional turning of consumer focus toward hamburgers and hot dogs rather than steaks, the spring favorite.
Date: May 21 2025
| CAB InsiderIt’s been a quality-rich season in the fed cattle business with added days on feed and heavier weights continue to push quality grades higher.
Date: May 07 2025
| CAB InsiderWholesale and retail beef buyers have been preparing for weeks ahead of the spike in consumer beef buying associated with warmer weather and holiday grilling demand.
Date: Apr 24 2025
| CAB InsiderIn a twist unthinkable just two decades ago, USDA data reveals that the current percentage of Prime carcasses has averaged 11.9%, surpassing Select carcasses that are averaging 11.1%, in each of the last five weeks.
Date: Mar 26 2025
| CAB InsiderHigh quality steak and roast items such as ribeyes, strip loins, tenderloins and sirloins carry an outsized share of the load when it comes to generating pricing separation up and down the carcass quality spectrum.
