Beef Shortage 2025. Tightening supplies of cattle will continue to pull down u.s. Rabobank estimates that 500,000 tons of supply will decline compared to last year, the equivalent of 1%.

Prime cattle slaughter in 2025 is forecast to reduce by a further 3% versus 2024. Herd contraction in the world’s largest beef producing regions is going to lead to the first global beef supply reductions since the pandemic and will alter trade flows.