The USDA has trimmed its 2026 red meat production numbers, while increasing the outlook for poultry. Beef is now projected at 25.79 billion pounds, down 20 million from March mostly on lower first half steer and heifer slaughter, with an average steer price of $242 per hundredweight, unchanged, and higher imports and consumption against a […]
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