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Thursday, March 18,2010

DAILY FED CATTLE MARKET REPORT

by WLJ
Fed cattle trade on Thursday was inactive on light demand in the Southern Plains and Colorado with slow trade on moderate demand in Nebraska and the Western Corn Belt, with not enough sales in any feeding region to establish an adequate market test.

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Thursday, March 18,2010

STUDY SHOWS ETHANOL SUBSIDIES NOT WARRANTED

by WLJ
According to a recent study by Bruce Babcock, an Iowa State University (ISU) economist, the federal government’s continuing subsidy of the biofuels industry is no longer warranted.

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Thursday, March 18,2010

DAILY FEEDER CATTLE REPORT

by WLJ
At Oklahoma City, OK, this week, feeder steers were selling steady to $2 higher while stocker steers and steer calves were called $2-3 higher. Feeder and stocker heifers and heifer calves sold steady to $1 higher with feeder heifers just lightly tested.

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Thursday, March 18,2010

BONE-IN BEEF RETURNS TO TAIWAN

by WLJ
Congress will take up a bill to expand food recalls to more actively target consumers with the information. The bill, introduced by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, earlier this week would expand the information passed to consumers after a recall is issued.

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Thursday, March 18,2010

NEW LAMB BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED

by WLJ
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently appointed four members to the Lamb Promotions, Research, and Information Board. All appointees will serve three-year terms, beginning immediately.

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Friday, March 12,2010

Late week market expected steady to $1 higher

by WLJ
For the second consecutive week, fed cattle trade was slow to get started, with most of the volume expected to be put off until Friday as packers and feedlots faced off over prices. Last Thursday, bids and offers were still $3-4 apart in most areas, with expectations that fed cattle would trade mostly

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Friday, March 5,2010
Friday, March 5,2010
Friday, March 5,2010

Fed cattle market trades steady

by WLJ
Fed cattle trade was put off until Friday last week as packers appeared reluctant to pay asking prices for showlist animals, particularly in the southern tier where cattle were priced at $94-95. The call for the week, ahead of any significant trade last Thursday

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