Beef Market Update – RealAgriculture
Jun 19, 2026 · 9 min · 8 segments
Cattle prices continue to push into record territory, but signs are emerging that the market may be testing the limits of consumer demand. In this week's Beef Market Update, Anne Wasko of Gateway…
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Well, it's been a little quiet in the U.S., especially given that today is a federal holiday in the U.S.
That choice cutout, again, it gained a little bit, like $0.70 this week, just shy of $3.94, the select spec 19.
So when this cutout normally moves higher into June, it's really been in a holding pattern of a very tight range now for, it'll be six weeks now, Sean, where normally it would have been moving higher.
So again, as we talked about a couple of weeks ago, is that a signal that we've gotten everything we can out of retail prices for now? The other thing that did get released yesterday because of the holiday in the U.S.
So not a wildly bullish report, but nothing that should set anything off in terms of trade when we start off Monday morning.
Well, it's been a little quiet in the U.S., especially given that today is a federal holiday in the U.S.
That choice cutout, again, it gained a little bit, like $0.70 this week, just shy of $3.94, the select spec 19.
So when this cutout normally moves higher into June, it's really been in a holding pattern of a very tight range now for, it'll be six weeks now, Sean, where normally it would have been moving higher.
So again, as we talked about a couple of weeks ago, is that a signal that we've gotten everything we can out of retail prices for now? The other thing that did get released yesterday because of the holiday in the U.S.
So not a wildly bullish report, but nothing that should set anything off in terms of trade when we start off Monday morning.
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