# Cattle and beef market 2025 midyear review

> A midyear review reports that Oklahoma City steer prices for 500-600 lb calves averaged $347/cwt year to date, up 21% from 2024. Fed cattle averaged $215/cwt, and the Choice boxed beef cutout averaged $342/cwt. The review states that the January inventory was the smallest since 1951 and that trade and screwworm disruptions add risk.

- Date: 2025-08-01 · published 2025-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23922-cattle-and-beef-market-2025-midyear-review
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Low inventories and reduced calf crops are the main drivers of high cattle and beef prices, and screwworm import restrictions add supply risk. Buyers should expect cattle costs to stay elevated through the rest of 2025.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/market-news/cattle-and-beef-market-2025-midyear-review

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