Beef Prices are Soaring. Here's Why America is Facing Record-Low Cattle Numbers
Shoppers may be feeling sticker shock with the cost of beef at the grocery store.
Prices in the beef and veal category are up 14.7%, while overall food is up 3.1% from September 2024 to September 2025 — the latest publicly available consumer price index data due to the government shutdown in October.
But expenses for America’s farmers are soaring too. Input costs for ranchers are up more than 50% over the past five years, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.;
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