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Cow slaughter volume highest in years

2019-11-21 22:48:00| Beef

The trend continues. More slaughter cows and volume was up 4,000 head over the prior week. Total volume was the biggest weekly number in many years.

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Closing out 2019 cow slaughter

2019-11-21 17:17:00| Beef

There's a lot of chatter recently about increased cow slaughter, and that's true, but year over year, we are almost exactly on pace.

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New slaughter record of heavy hogs

2019-11-18 17:09:00| National Hog Farmer

The average slaughter weight has been above the year-ago level for 33 weeks thus far in 2019. Weights were the same in eight weeks, and lighter than last year in only three weeks of 2019.

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Slaughter cow voume continues to increase

2019-11-14 20:05:00| Beef

It's an ongoing trend this fall. More and more slaughter cows are coming to Midwest auction barns as ranchers worry about hay quality and feed supply for the winter.

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