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Demand Pressure Pushed Cattle And Beef Prices Lower
2013-03-16 14:57:00| Beef
Although some parts of the country are seeing increased interest in grass cattle, the overall market continues to be squeezed by anemic beef demand on one side of the equation and continued high feed costs on the other. Western orders for stocker-weight cattle still haven’t hit their stride, analysts with the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) said Friday. They explain that most buyers are shying away from owning calves they may have to supplement before turn-out. read more
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Demand Pressure Pushed Cattle And Beef Prices Lower
2013-03-16 14:57:00| Beef
Although some parts of the country are seeing increased interest in grass cattle, the overall cattle market continues to be squeezed by anemic beef demand on one side of the equation and continued high cattle feed costs on the other. read more
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CattleFax Projections Include Decline in Beef Supply, Rising Prices in 2013
2013-02-08 19:39:00| Beef
National Cattlemen's Beef Association Creighton University Professor Emeritus Art Douglas told the audience that there is a chance some regions of the United States will see a return to more normal precipitation patterns during the upcoming spring and summer growing season. That was welcome news to participants, many of whom have been enduring an ongoing, multi-year drought which has affected more than 70 percent of cattle country. read more
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Small Cattle Herd Means Big Beef Prices
2013-02-05 01:46:00| Beef
The severe drought that scorched pastures across the Southern Plains last summer helped shrink the nation's herd to its smallest size in more than six decades and encouraged the movement of animals to lusher fields in the northern and western parts of the U.S., a new report shows. read more
Small Cattle Herd Means Big Beef Prices
2013-02-05 01:46:00| Beef
The severe drought that scorched pastures across the Southern Plains last summer helped shrink the nation's herd to its smallest size in more than six decades and encouraged the movement of animals to lusher fields in the northern and western parts of the U.S., a new report shows. read more