# USDA Beef Market Data: Boxed Beef Cutout, Cattle Summary, Tallow & Hide Report (Sept 8, 2026) - News and Statistics - IndexBox

> The USDA released its weekly beef market bundle on September 8, 2026, covering the boxed beef cutout, cattle and beef summary, and tallow, protein and hide prices. Weekly cattle slaughter was 526,000 head, below the prior week's 542,000 but above the same week last year. Meat and bone meal at 50% protein was quoted at 500 per ton.

- Date: 2026-09-08 · published 2026-09-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17592-usda-beef-market-data-boxed-beef-cutout-cattle-summary-tallow-and-hide-report
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

This is routine government data with no new shock, so it gives buyers a baseline for beef supply and by-product feed prices rather than a clear directional signal.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-07-22 | [USDA Releases Report on Boxed Beef and Fed Cattle Price Investigation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52238-usda-releases-report-on-boxed-beef-and-fed-cattle-price-investigation.md) | -0.0% | +6.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-28 | [USDA Reports Provide Insight into Cattle Markets \| Newsline \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18487-usda-reports-provide-insight-into-cattle-markets-newsline-american-farm-bureau.md) | +1.9% | -2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-10-26 | [US Beef Demand Seen Falling in 2023 as Cattle Herd Continues to Shrink – The Van Trump Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39088-us-beef-demand-seen-falling-in-2023-as-cattle-herd-continues-to-shrink-the-van.md) | +0.7% | +1.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-10-22 | [Following President Trump's Executive Orders, USDA Updates its Cash Cattle Market Reports to Advance Transparency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/577-following-president-trump-s-executive-orders-usda-updates-its-cash-cattle.md) | +0.1% | — |
| LCATTLE | 2020-09-28 | [USDA investigation shows cattle markets work](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51240-usda-investigation-shows-cattle-markets-work.md) | +1.0% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- indexbox.io: https://www.indexbox.io/blog/usda-weekly-beef-market-data-report-september-8-2026/

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