# R-Calf Weekly Address-Cattle Market Turmoil Threatens America’s Independent Producers

> USDA data show fed-steer prices fell from about $258 per hundredweight in May to $221 in September, while average ground-beef retail prices remained near $6.75–$6.79 per pound. In August, the US expanded the lower-duty import quota for lean beef trimmings by 300,000 metric tons, but September retail prices showed only modest relief from August’s peak.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-06T18:11:37.857Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/84457-r-calf-weekly-address-cattle-market-turmoil-threatens-america-s-independent
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The larger import quota can add lean beef supply and put pressure on cattle prices, though the reported retail data suggest the added supply had so far brought consumers little relief. Lower selling prices against costs committed months earlier squeeze independent feeders.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 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) | -1.8% | +0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 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) | -2.0% | -7.9% |
| 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% |
| 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 | 2025-10-24 | [Cattle markets react to Argentina import talk \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6339-cattle-markets-react-to-argentina-import-talk-western-livestock-journal.md) | -1.3% | -8.3% |

## Sources

- oklahomafarmreport.com: https://www.oklahomafarmreport.com/2026/11/06/r-calf-weekly-address-cattle-market-turmoil-threatens-americas-independent-producers/

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