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U.S. feedlots unexpectedly increased the number of cattle purchased in December compared with a year earlier, a government report showed.
Cattle slaughtering in the U.K. dropped to the lowest level since at least 1970 last year, as herd sizes declined to the smallest in decades, the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board said.
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Packers came into the week bidding aggressively and the result was another week of record-high prices.
Change and volatility are commonplace in today’s agricultural markets, and those trends have been no different in cattle marketing for nearly 20 years.
The live cattle market should begin creeping up the next several weeks as it searches for its fall high which precedes the holiday season.
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With three-quarters of 2016 nearly in the books, we see continued expansion of the beef cow heard and continued increases in beef production.
It is abnormal for live cattle prices to continue finding new summer lows this late in the summer.
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Lower finished cattle prices continue to produce red ink for most cattle feeders which continues to drain equity.
High feedlot placements in the spring might mean more beef in cold storage and lower cattle prices.
The questions abound if prices are going to continue to strengthen or if they will falter heading into the fall of the year. The answer is different depending on the weight class and management provided to those animals.
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Ranchers, no longer riding the crest of a supply-starved market, cinched up early this year for the inevitable ride lower. Few, however, expected the steep price decline for all classes of cattle and the volatility that has seeped out of the trading pits in Chicago.
New Hampshire’s Health Department says it’s investigating an outbreak of E. coli bacteria associated with ground beef after 12 people got sick eating the meat since June.
The key comparative advantages currently enjoyed by North America’s integrated industry include a strong trust and premium being placed on their grain-finished beef.
Beef demand unlikely to slip, but weights could fall amid heat.
Just 8% of U.S. pastures are in poor to very poor condition, according to USDA. It is a 2% improvement from last year.
Market ready cattle prices were spurred by a relatively strong futures market and a strengthening in wholesale beef prices.
The Choice cutout was $212.05 down $0.45 from Thursday and down $8.45 from last Friday, while fed cattle trade was $2 to $3 lower than a week ago on a live basis.
Producers are going to have to be a little more savvy in marketing calves and feeder cattle since forward pricing opportunities appear limited.
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“Where’s the beef?” The catchy slogan could be updated to “Where’s the fresh, quality beef?” And the answer would still be the same: Wendy’s.
Drovers recently received an inquiry from a college student conducting research for a public-health class project.
The market is not falling off and disappearing, but rather the market is telling the industry that beef continues to be a highly desirable meat protein.
U.S. beef imports were down 35.2% in December at 186.2 million pounds.
Cattle inventory in Tennessee increased 6.4 percent to 1.83 million head while the beef cow herd increased 2.6% to 896,000 head.
Beef feedlot managers, owners, employees and supporting industry personnel will learn the latest in feedlot health, nutrition, environment and economics at the 2014 Beef Feedlot Roundtables in Nebraska.
A Northern California company is recalling more than 8.7 million pounds of beef products because it processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection, federal officials said Saturday.