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Demand Whacks Cattle Prices
2013-02-23 04:53:00| Beef
Nearly a month after shuttering its Plainview, TX, packing plant, Cargill looks more than prescient. Based on carcass cutout values and weekly boxed beef sales, consumers have little appetite for more beef at higher prices (see "Beef Consumption-Demand Struggle"). Boxed-beef cutout value traded either side of even and about $20/cwt. shy of getting close to packer and feedlot profitability by many estimates. read more
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USDA Sheds Some Light On Microbes In Cattle Manure
2013-02-22 18:10:00| Beef
By Ann Perry, Studies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are shedding some light on the microbes that dwell in cattle manurewhat they are, where they thrive, where they struggle, and where they can end up. read more
Cattle Market Weekly Audio Report for Saturday, February 16, 2013
2013-02-16 15:26:00| Beef
Get the latest cattle market update each week with BEEF Magazine's Cattle Market Weekly audio report, delivered to your inbox every Saturday and available on the BEEF Magazine Web site. Audio File: CMWFINAL-02-16-13.mp3 read more
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Cattle Feeding Losses, Uncertainty Pound Cattle Prices
2013-02-16 14:56:00| Beef
“Extremely tight supplies of available feeder cattle could no longer hold the inflated market levels as feedlot managers struggle to sell fed cattle and packers struggle to sell the finished product despite a considerably reduced harvest schedule,” explained analysts with the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Friday. “Even lightweight stocker cattle and calves that previously appeared resistant to bearish signals fell victim to the down market.” read more
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My Favorite Sentiment From The Cattle Industry Convention
2013-02-14 21:33:00| Beef
The irony is that this industry is sitting on a set of tremendous fundamentals, but with two massive dark clouds overhead - the drought and the macroeconomic conditions. He characterized it as sitting on the top of hill and waiting to see if you get hit by the lightning before the rain starts. I thought that was a pretty accurate description My View From The Country read more
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