# U.S. Beef Trade and the Decline in Cull Cow Markets

> U.S. beef and veal imports reached 567.2 million pounds in September 2026, up 49.7% from a year earlier, while exports were 0.3% higher year over year. Year-to-date imports rose 17.5% and exports fell 11.5%; wholesale prices for both 90% and 50% lean beef trimmings were down from their 2026 peaks.

- Date: 2026-11-11 · published 2026-11-11T12:07:56.874Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/93397-u-s-beef-trade-and-the-decline-in-cull-cow-markets
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher imports add competition for domestic processing beef and can weigh on cull-cow values and lean-trimming prices. The expanded tariff-rate quota may support additional import flows, though imported trimmings require further processing before reaching consumers.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-06-06 | [Ranchers In The U.S. And Mexico Hope Tariffs Don't Get In The Way Of Beef Market : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58565-ranchers-in-the-u-s-and-mexico-hope-tariffs-don-t-get-in-the-way-of-beef-market.md) | -0.0% | -3.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-08-09 | [PULSE: Watch for competition in key beef markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51581-pulse-watch-for-competition-in-key-beef-markets.md) | +3.7% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-07-17 | [An Update on 2024 U.S. Beef Trade \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29215-an-update-on-2024-u-s-beef-trade-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | +0.8% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-04-03 | [Beefed-up tariffs leave global protein markets in a stew](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25246-beefed-up-tariffs-leave-global-protein-markets-in-a-stew.md) | -2.0% | +0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-25 | [In the beef market, the higher the peak, the deeper the valley \| The National Provisioner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21905-in-the-beef-market-the-higher-the-peak-the-deeper-the-valley-the-national.md) | +1.3% | +7.6% |

## Sources

- u.osu.edu: https://u.osu.edu/beef/2026/11/11/u-s-beef-trade-and-the-decline-in-cull-cow-markets/

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