Meat markets, trade and supply chains in an international context. Analysis of supply, demand, exports, purchasing and developments in major producing countries.
Diesel volatility increased costs across Australia’s cattle chain in 2026, but it does not on its own explain movements in young-cattle markets. That is the message of a market analysis published by Meat & Livestock Australia …
U.S. feedlot inventory on October 1 was only marginally different from a year earlier. The decisive figure in the USDA report published on October 23 is September placement activity: 1.777 million head, 12% below September 2025 …
The latest U.S. cold-storage report confirms that availability of frozen meat has to be read by cut, not only by species. At September 30, total red-meat stocks were 1% below August but 3% above the previous year. Beef inventories …
The U.S. October slaughter report provides a signal often missed when volumes are read alone: fewer animals do not necessarily mean a proportionate decline in pounds. Commercial red-meat production in September was 4.32 billion …
The poultry-slaughter report published on October 23 clearly separates volume, bird weights and condemnations. In September, U.S. ready-to-cook poultry certified wholesome totaled 4.74 billion pounds, slightly below the previous …
The phased reopening of border ports for livestock from Mexico shows that market access is again becoming a matter of operational readiness, rather than a general decision about the border. The U.S. Animal and Plant Health …
Since 19 October, the French regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté have moved from vaccination zone II to vaccination zone I for lumpy skin disease. The regional animal-health federation FRGDS …
The British presence at SIAL Paris shows that red-meat export value is built on more than a favourable quotation. Thirteen exporting businesses joined the AHDB pavilion at the trade fair, according to information published on 20 …
Price movements in the U.S. market on October 20 confirm that signals must be read by cut and end use. Meat Read recorded especially sharp declines for 23–27-pound pork hams, down 24.42 cents per pound from Friday and 19.4 percent …
USDA is proposing to lower the required minimum maturation temperature from 4°C to 2°C for fresh—chilled or frozen—boneless beef and ovine meat from certain regions or countries affected by foot-and-mouth disease. The proposal was …
The US ground-beef market illustrates why one price quotation is not enough to interpret beef availability. An October 20 analysis from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension reports that the price of 50% lean boneless beef fell sharply …
Bidfood Australia’s MarketPULSE update describes an uneven starting point for the final quarter across the four major proteins: record beef production, tighter lamb supply, modestly expanding pork availability and chicken with …
Australian beef trade in China shows that quotas and tariffs do not affect every product and sales channel equally. On 15 October, Meat & Livestock Australia reported that exports to China were running 70–80% below the same period …
USDA ERS’s October outlook again brings together forecasts for beef, pork, lamb, poultry, eggs and international markets. Its value is not a single number but its method: it combines animal supply, feed costs, trade, consumption …
Australia’s cattle and sheep market this week shows how a price-only reading can mislead. Meat & Livestock Australia reports that national cattle yardings fell 7% to 54,403 head, despite the return to a full selling week after …