# Ranchers hit hard as Trump lifts beef tariffs, calls for more foreign beef during market season

> 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.

- Date: 2025-11-20 · published 2025-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5447-ranchers-hit-hard-as-trump-lifts-beef-tariffs-calls-for-more-foreign-beef
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-25 | 5 | -9.9% | -6.0 | Tariff lifting and calls for more foreign beef cut auction feeder prices by $50-100 and hit demand sentiment. |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-25 | 5 | -4.7% | -3.4 | Tariff-lifting and pro-import stance cut cattle prices at auctions, signaling weaker demand and more supply. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2026-09-02 | [Cattle markets fall on Trump beef import plan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17628-cattle-markets-fall-on-trump-beef-import-plan.md) | +2.9% | +5.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [President Trump's plans to import beef leave American ranchers concerned : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9553-president-trump-s-plans-to-import-beef-leave-american-ranchers-concerned-npr.md) | -2.0% | -3.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-23 | [Daybreak Oct. 23: Trump’s beef comments spark market volatility, alarm producers \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6340-daybreak-oct-23-trump-s-beef-comments-spark-market-volatility-alarm-producers.md) | -4.7% | -6.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-14 | [Did the Administration's Plan to Lower Beef Prices Wreck the Bull Run in the Cattle Market? - Drovers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6067-did-the-administration-s-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-wreck-the-bull-run-in-the.md) | +1.1% | +0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-01 | [Cattle Crash on Trump’s Plan to Lower Beef Prices: Row Crops Rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22525-cattle-crash-on-trump-s-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-row-crops-rally.md) | -3.7% | -5.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-02 | [Cattle markets fall on Trump beef import plan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17628-cattle-markets-fall-on-trump-beef-import-plan.md) | +1.1% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [President Trump's plans to import beef leave American ranchers concerned : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9553-president-trump-s-plans-to-import-beef-leave-american-ranchers-concerned-npr.md) | -1.3% | -7.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-02-26 | [Grains and Cattle End Lower: What’s Pressuring Markets Beyond Tariff Uncertainty?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6194-grains-and-cattle-end-lower-what-s-pressuring-markets-beyond-tariff-uncertainty.md) | -1.7% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- dakotanewsnow.com: https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/11/20/ranchers-hit-hard-trump-lifts-beef-tariffs-calls-more-foreign-beef-during-market-season/

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