# 2025 Red Meat, Poultry Production Seen Lower Than 2024 - Zia Commodities, LLC

> The USDA's May WASDE forecast 2025 US red meat and poultry production below 2024 levels. 2024 beef production was raised on heavier dressed weights, while 2025 beef output is seen falling on tighter cattle supplies and heifer retention.

- Date: 2024-05-13 · published 2024-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30411-2025-red-meat-poultry-production-seen-lower-than-2024-zia-commodities-llc
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower projected beef and poultry output in 2025 supports cattle and beef prices and raises demand for feed grains and imports. Pork and broiler forecast cuts tighten those supplies as well.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2024-05-14 | 1 | +3.6% | 6.5 | The May WASDE livestock outlook, covered on 5/13, projects lower 2025 red meat output and tighter protein supplies, which supports deferred lean hog futures just before the move. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-22 | [USDA: 2025 Fed Cattle Prices Seen Higher - Zia Commodities, LLC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24802-usda-2025-fed-cattle-prices-seen-higher-zia-commodities-llc.md) | +0.1% | +5.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-02-28 | [USDA lowers 2022 meat, poultry production forecast \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42652-usda-lowers-2022-meat-poultry-production-forecast-meat-poultry.md) | -1.0% | -0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-05-14 | [COVID-19 alters red meat, poultry production forecast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53286-covid-19-alters-red-meat-poultry-production-forecast.md) | +6.1% | +5.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-12-04 | [Lower Beef Production Affecting 2024 Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32624-lower-beef-production-affecting-2024-prices.md) | -1.8% | -0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-07-01 | [Funds Enlarge Net Long Live Cattle Position; Sell Corn - Zia Commodities, LLC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7981-funds-enlarge-net-long-live-cattle-position-sell-corn-zia-commodities-llc.md) | -1.8% | -1.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-22 | [USDA: 2025 Fed Cattle Prices Seen Higher - Zia Commodities, LLC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24802-usda-2025-fed-cattle-prices-seen-higher-zia-commodities-llc.md) | +1.2% | +2.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-02-28 | [USDA lowers 2022 meat, poultry production forecast \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42652-usda-lowers-2022-meat-poultry-production-forecast-meat-poultry.md) | -4.3% | -2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-12-04 | [Lower Beef Production Affecting 2024 Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32624-lower-beef-production-affecting-2024-prices.md) | +0.4% | +5.1% |

## Sources

- ziacommodities.com: https://ziacommodities.com/2025-red-meat-poultry-production-seen-lower-than-2024/

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