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Beef demand jumped in 2025. What about 2026?

  • Writer: ZISK
    ZISK
  • 2 days ago
  • 1 min read

Domestic beef demand remains strong in the U.S., according to the retail all-fresh beef demand index calculated by the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC). Annual data for 2025 revealed a jump in the retail all-fresh beef demand index to 138, which was a 10-point increase from 2024 (see Chart). Based on the beef demand index calculations, over the last 25 years, a 10-point jump in the beef demand index has only occurred two other times. From 2003 to 2004, the beef demand index increased from 103 to 113. Then, from 2019 to 2020, the beef demand index jumped from 108 to 118.


Tyler Cozzens

March 23, 2026

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