Sam Fenwick

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Business Daily · Follow the money: The beef with US beef · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

That's 100 pounds.

And a steer is a young male on its way to being fattened up.

The prices the feedlots pay tells you everything about how tight this market is right now.

They are up considerably.

So record prices again in this part of the chain.

What happens then when the same animal comes out the other side ready for the packer?

Are they being charged more too?

So the price of feedlot gets for a finished animal has more than doubled in five years.

So who's benefiting from those high prices?

So Gideon, we're halfway through the chain.

Where has the money got to?

This is Business Daily from the BBC World Service.

I'm Sam Fenwick, and today we're following the money behind your burger.

Why are beef prices in the US so high?

Nordea.fi or Private Banking.

Now, the third link in the chain is the meat packer, the plant where the animal is slaughtered and prepared, ready to go to supermarkets and wholesalers.

And this is where meat production turns political.

Just four companies handle most of America's beef.

Tyson,

JBS, Cargill and National Beef.

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