| with the improvement of income level, the food consumption structure will also be upgraded. Beef is a high-end food. It is expected that the consumption demand of beef will be greatly improved in the future. The healthy development of beef industry chain can not only meet the demand of beef market, but also promote the increase of farmers'' income. This paper analyzes the current situation and development prospect of beef cattle industry chain in Shanxi Province from the four aspects of "forage --- breeding --- slaughtering --- sales". The results show that the quantity of natural forage, grain to feed, distiller''s grains and vinegar distiller''s grains unconventional feed in Shanxi Province can not only maintain the current beef cattle feeding quantity in Shanxi Province, but also expand the breeding quantity; Large scale and intensive breeding have achieved results, the slaughter rate of beef cattle has increased, and the beef output has increased for 8 consecutive years; Some slaughterhouses are integrated into the cattle industry chain and participate not only in the front-end breeding industry, but also in the back-end processing. Affected by the epidemic and the sluggish demand in the beef market, the operating rate is insufficient; The per capita beef consumption in Shanxi Province is relatively low, which is estimated to be about 20% of the national per capita consumption；Three sales methods of the living cattle, cold chain beef and vacuum normal temperature beef coexist. |