Courtney Schmidt, Sector Manager at Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute, told FOX Business the uptick ... Nelson also pointed out ...

So he says the herd is still shrinking and so are slaughter levels. “We’ve got it down 2%. We also would say just the harvest level will have another 350 ,000 reduction in cow slaughter and ...

Due to continued low inventory, Peel said cattle slaughter was down 3.1% last year. Although steer and heifer slaughter was fractionally higher in 2024 versus 2023, total cow slaughter dropped 15. ...

With deep culling, daily cattle slaughter has continued to run in the 127,000 to 129,000 range and for the year slaughter is up about 1.5% over 2021. Some of its the increased cow slaughter.