# USDA makes mixed changes to meat estimates

> USDA made mostly modest revisions to its 2026 U.S. meat and poultry outlooks. It lowered beef and broiler production estimates, raised pork, turkey, and egg production estimates, and revised projected prices and trade in those markets.

- Date: 2026-11-10 · published 2026-11-11T06:08:39.166Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/92992-usda-makes-mixed-changes-to-meat-estimates
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Turkey](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TURKEY.md), [Eggs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EGGS.md)

## Why it matters

The mixed production changes imply different supply and feed-demand effects across livestock sectors, rather than a broad shift in feed demand. Higher projected pork, turkey, and egg output may weigh on those product prices, while lower broiler output may lend support to chicken prices.

## Read by commodity

- EGGS: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼
- TURKEY: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-01-16 | [USDA Raises Meat Production Estimates - Zia Commodities, LLC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32245-usda-raises-meat-production-estimates-zia-commodities-llc.md) | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-08-07 | [USMEF: June pork, beef exports slide due to COVID-19 \| 2020-08-07  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51579-usmef-june-pork-beef-exports-slide-due-to-covid-19-2020-08-07-meat-poultry.md) | +3.5% | +3.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-04-23 | [Light trading on US imported beef market \| Meat & Livestock Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65453-light-trading-on-us-imported-beef-market-meat-and-livestock-australia.md) | +3.1% | -6.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-07-25 | [Cattle on feed underpinning US beef exports \| Meat & Livestock Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63963-cattle-on-feed-underpinning-us-beef-exports-meat-and-livestock-australia.md) | -0.6% | -0.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-29 | [Hog futures mixed as smaller-than-expected herd spurs buying - CME
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18955-hog-futures-mixed-as-smaller-than-expected-herd-spurs-buying-cme-the-pig-site.md) | -4.5% | -11.9% |
| HOGS | 2024-02-26 | [Estimates for China to pig farming were revised by USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31660-estimates-for-china-to-pig-farming-were-revised-by-usda.md) | +0.9% | +0.1% |
| HOGS | 2024-01-16 | [USDA Raises Meat Production Estimates - Zia Commodities, LLC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32245-usda-raises-meat-production-estimates-zia-commodities-llc.md) | -0.2% | +4.3% |
| HOGS | 2020-06-18 | [CME update: cattle futures mixed as traders await USDA report
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52752-cme-update-cattle-futures-mixed-as-traders-await-usda-report-the-beef-site.md) | -5.8% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/usda-makes-mixed-changes-to-meat-estimates/

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