Looking to grill out this Fourth of July? A shrinking U.S. cattle herd is driving up beef prices 16.4%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Michael Marks - 6/29/2026, 9:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.1% - Appeal to Authority 10.2% - False Dilemma 9%
Although the U.S. cattle population has dropped for six straight years, industry watchers like Derrell Peel think the herd could shrink even more. “We still don't know for sure that we actually have a low in place yet,” said Peel, an extension livestock and marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University. The U.S. Department of... more