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After President Trump moved to lift beef tariffs and endorsed more foreign beef, cattle prices fell at North Dakota auctions by $50 to $100 per hundredweight. Ranchers are selling large feeder supplies at the same time.
Traders read the policy as more supply and weaker U.S. cattle demand.
Lifting beef tariffs expands import competition and pressures domestic feeder and fed cattle prices. Retail beef prices are not expected to fall with cattle prices.
dakotanewsnow.comMichelle TomNov 20, 2025After 24 past bearish policy events, FCATTLE moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -3.3% to +1.2%), and +0.5% over 20.
After 30 past bearish policy events, LCATTLE moved a median -0.8% over 5 sessions (43% higher; middle half -2.0% to +1.1%), and +0.9% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Tariff lifting and calls for more foreign beef cut auction feeder prices by $50-100 and hit demand sentiment.
Tariff-lifting and pro-import stance cut cattle prices at auctions, signaling weaker demand and more supply.
