# Farm Group Says Cull Cow Prices Fell Nearly 20% Under the Beef Import Plan While Ground Beef Barely Budged: How Its Numbers Hold Up

> Farm Action reported that cull cow prices paid to ranchers fell nearly 20% since the federal government expanded low-tariff lean beef imports, while retail ground beef fell about 2.3%. Food World News found the group's figures largely consistent with federal data but said the import plan alone cannot be shown to have caused the decline.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-14T03:06:47.140Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/98879-farm-group-says-cull-cow-prices-fell-nearly-20-under-the-beef-import-plan-while
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The expanded 300,000 MT lean trimmings quota, mostly serving Brazilian imports, competes directly with domestic cull cow lean, pressuring cattle values. Quotas have not filled, so the price effect on cattle and lean trimmings is uncertain but bearish for cattle.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-28 | [US cattle futures plunge as import fears grow - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22557-us-cattle-futures-plunge-as-import-fears-grow-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -0.8% | -11.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-09-24 | [US eases screwworm ban on Mexican cattle, but beef prices unlikely to budge \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17418-us-eases-screwworm-ban-on-mexican-cattle-but-beef-prices-unlikely-to-budge.md) | -0.0% | +3.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-21 | [Trump plan to import Argentine beef angers US farmers - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22369-trump-plan-to-import-argentine-beef-angers-us-farmers-agweek-1-source-for.md) | -7.4% | -8.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-09-01 | [Economists don’t expect reopening the US to Mexican cattle imports to reduce high beef prices \| News \| palestineherald.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17424-economists-don-t-expect-reopening-the-us-to-mexican-cattle-imports-to-reduce.md) | +2.3% | +3.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-07 | [Beef Market Update: Political noise and import talk weigh on cattle prices - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8354-beef-market-update-political-noise-and-import-talk-weigh-on-cattle-prices.md) | +4.6% | +5.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-06-02 | [US Cattle farmers strongly oppose the import of Paraguayan beef — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35442-us-cattle-farmers-strongly-oppose-the-import-of-paraguayan-beef-mercopress.md) | +2.3% | +2.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-28 | [US cattle futures plunge as import fears grow - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22557-us-cattle-futures-plunge-as-import-fears-grow-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -0.8% | -9.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-24 | [US eases screwworm ban on Mexican cattle, but beef prices unlikely to budge \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17418-us-eases-screwworm-ban-on-mexican-cattle-but-beef-prices-unlikely-to-budge.md) | -0.8% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- foodworldnews.com: https://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/81899/20261113/cull-cow-prices-low-tariff-beef-imports.htm

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