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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close weaker on profit taking

By Theopolis Waters December 30, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished lower in choppy trading on Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking that outpaced initial buying led by bullish fundamentals, traders said. December, which will expire on Wednesday, closed 0.625 cent per pound lower at 165.875 cents, and February was down 0.3 cent at 164.7 cents (all figures […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder cattle market ends on mixed tone

By Jerry Klassen December 29, 2014

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets have ended the year on a mixed tone with most auction barns closed for the holiday season. Alberta packers were buying limited volumes of fed steers at $178 per hundredweight (cwt), down from highs of $183 earlier in December. The uncertainty over feedlot margins for the first and second quarters […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on beef prices, cash optimism

By Theopolis Waters December 29, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted significant gains on Monday, led by strong wholesale beef prices and anticipation of steady or better cash prices this week, traders said. December closed 1.75 cents per pound higher at 166.5 cents, and February up 2.525 cents at 165 cents (all figures US$). Monday morning’s […] Read more

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Wider buffer zone from feedlots recommended

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 24, 2014

The current U.S. recommended buffer zone between cattle feedlots and vegetables may be too narrow, say scientists writing in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. “The high percentages of leafy greens contaminated with E. coli suggest great risk for planting fresh produce 180 m (590 feet) or less from a feedlot,” the investigators write. That […] Read more

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Young judges size up their craft

It’s an honour, not a career

By Debbie Furber December 24, 2014

Young as they may seem, today’s up-and-coming beef cattle judges bring a lot of experience to show rings. Michael Wheeler, Wheeler’s Stock Farm, Saskatoon, Sask., and Kyle Lewis, Lewis Farms, Spruce Grove, Alta., came up through a dozen or so years as 4-H and junior breed association members to judge major shows such as Canadian […] Read more

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Revising the bull pen

By Kris Ringwall, NDSU Extension Service December 23, 2014

Each year, the Dickinson Research Extension Center reviews the bulls from the previous year to cut back on what bulls need to be overwintered. Because the bulls are bought based on their ability to transmit the right genes into the cow herd, their expected progeny difference (EPD) values already have stood the evaluation tests of when they were purchased. […] Read more

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U.S. researchers develop CWD vaccine

By Langone Medical Center release December 22, 2014

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and elsewhere say that a vaccination they have developed to fight a brain-based, wasting syndrome among deer and other animals may hold promise on two additional fronts: Protecting U.S. livestock from contracting the disease, and preventing similar brain infections in humans. The study, to be published in Vaccine online […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder cattle market becomes extremely vulnerable

By Jerry Klassen December 20, 2014

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively steady early in the week but dropped $3 to $6 on average by Friday. Weakness at local auction barns was led by a softer fed cattle market and a extreme weakness in U.S. feeder values. U.S. fed cattle prices in Kansas have dropped like a power window, trading […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Expanded limits break CME feeder cattle losing streak

By Theopolis Waters December 18, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle surged Thursday on short covering in volatile action after the exchange expanded futures trading limits, following three-cent-per-pound limit-down settlements five days in a row. CME took emergency steps on Wednesday to stem the plunge in feeder cattle contracts by increasing its limit to 4.5 cents/lb. from […] Read more

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Record cattle prices subside across Western Canada

By Dave Sims December 18, 2014

CNS Canada — This year’s bull run for the cattle market in Western Canada appears to have come to an end. While bids across the Prairies are still high, they are a cut below the record highs seen earlier in the fall. “In less than two weeks the futures market for March, on the feeder […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close weaker on profit taking

Klassen: Feeder cattle market ends on mixed tone

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on beef prices, cash optimism

Wider buffer zone from feedlots recommended

Young judges size up their craft

Revising the bull pen

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Klassen: Feeder cattle market becomes extremely vulnerable

U.S. livestock: Expanded limits break CME feeder cattle losing streak

Record cattle prices subside across Western Canada

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