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USDA releases weekly beef market data bundle

Cattle slaughter estimated at 543,000 this week

Beef production trails last year to date

USDA AMS Weekly Beef Market Data Bundle Released October 30, 2026

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service released a bundle of weekly beef-market data on October 30, 2026, drawing on reports that include boxed beef cutout values, cattle and beef summary rows, cow and boneless beef indicators, and tallow, protein and hide prices. According to the USDA AMS bundle, the comprehensive boxed beef cutout report is dated October 26, 2026, and covers national fed steer and heifer sales.

The cutout extract lists values across a range of cuts, with the tenderloin trimmed heavy item at 1,694.86 and the butt tender trimmed at 1,581.74, while flank steak stood at 623.11 and the plate inside skirt at 460.74. The extract also records percentage changes for these items, including a decline of 32.69 for the butt tender and a gain of 25.84 for flank steak.

Ground beef items in the extract span 73% through 93% lean categories, along with chuck, round and sirloin varieties, and steer and heifer source trimmings at 50% lean. The report also details fat limitations by description, ranging from practically free surface lean exposure to maximum fat thickness specifications of one inch, one-half inch, one-quarter inch and one-eighth inch.

Sales-type data in the extract show negotiated sales for delivery periods of 0 to 21 days and 22 days and up, alongside formula sales, forward contract sales, domestic sales, NAFTA exports and overseas exports. Delivery periods are broken out at 0 to 21, 22 to 60, 61 to 90 and 91 and up.

The weekly cattle and beef summary, dated October 30, 2026, includes estimated cattle slaughter figures of 543,000 for the week to date, 546,000 for the same period last week and 557,322 for the same period last year, with cow and bull totals of 82,000 and 108,000. Beef production totals were listed at 105,241 for October 17, 2026, 98,701 for October 10, 2026 and 111,440 for October 18, 2025, with year-to-date figures of 4,143,927, 4,038,686 and 4,355,157 respectively.

The summary also reports a cutter cow carcass cutout and 100% lean items, including inside rounds, outside rounds, eye of rounds, flats and eyes in combos, striploins and S.P.B. combos, with weighted averages such as 301.80 for inside rounds and 621.69 for striploins. Canadian live cow prices in US dollars were listed at 127.67 for Ontario and 153.16 for Alberta.

The tallow, protein and hide report covers the period from October 19 to October 23, 2026, with a final date of October 26, 2026. It lists choice white grease at a weighted average of 50.00 per hundredweight and edible tallow at 72.50, while meat and bone meal at 50% protein carried a range of 300.00 to 350.00 and a weighted average of 325.00, and blood meal at 85% protein was listed at 1,618.75.

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