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Terrain’s Dave Weaber says placements of cattle into feedlots will continue to shrink, long-feared beef slaughter capacity reductions have arrived, and the beef cow herd hasn’t begun to expand.

Oklahoma State’s Derrell Peel says the beef industry needs time — not politics or policy — to solve beef supply and demand realities.

Meat Institute report analyzes the state of beef cattle markets and points out current pricing myths.

The market is breathing a collective sigh of relief that the outage was short-lived.