# Brazil surpassing US as top beef producer, easing global supply squeeze | Reuters

> Brazil surpassed the United States as the world's largest beef producer in 2025, beating output forecasts by hundreds of thousands of tons. The article describes this as easing a global beef supply squeeze.

- Date: 2026-01-07 · published 2026-01-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21193-brazil-surpassing-us-as-top-beef-producer-easing-global-supply-squeeze-reuters
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Larger Brazilian output and export availability add supply to global beef markets, which weighs on US and global cattle prices by easing the tight-supply premium.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-05-30 | [U.S. Cattle Producers Oppose Opening Borders to Paraguayan Beef - US Cattlemen's Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35882-u-s-cattle-producers-oppose-opening-borders-to-paraguayan-beef-us-cattlemen-s.md) | +4.1% | +4.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-24 | [US eases screwworm ban on Mexican cattle, but beef prices unlikely to budge \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17418-us-eases-screwworm-ban-on-mexican-cattle-but-beef-prices-unlikely-to-budge.md) | -0.8% | +2.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-11-19 | [Botswana’s meat export: South African beef producers under pressure \| ProAgri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56001-botswana-s-meat-export-south-african-beef-producers-under-pressure-proagri.md) | +0.8% | +3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-24 | [Export beef trade starts to react to Trump’s surprise Brazil tariff decision - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6072-export-beef-trade-starts-to-react-to-trump-s-surprise-brazil-tariff-decision.md) | -3.1% | +4.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-04-03 | [Beefed-up tariffs leave global protein markets in a stew](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25246-beefed-up-tariffs-leave-global-protein-markets-in-a-stew.md) | -2.0% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/brazil-surpassing-us-top-beef-producer-easing-global-supply-squeeze-2026-01-07/

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