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Texas to Mexico Daily Livestock Exports
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Las Cruces, NM Mon May 20, 2013 USDA Market News
Texas to Mexico Daily Livestock Exports
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Steer & Heifer Estimated Grading Percent Report
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Des Moines, Iowa Mon May 20, 2013 USDA Market News
USDA NATIONAL STEER & HEIFER ESTIMATED GRADING PERCENT REPORT
For Week Ending: 5/10/2013
National, Regional, and State Breakdown of Official USDA Quality Grades.
Percentages derived from each
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Nebraska Cattle on Feed down 3 percent
Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.39 million cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. This inventory was down 3 percent from last year.
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Oklahoma Cattle on Feed unchanged
The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 295 thousand head on May 1, 2013, down 3 percent from the previous month but unchanged from the May 1, 2012 level.
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Texas Cattle on Feed down 6 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.54 million head on May 1, 2013, down 6 percent from a year ago.
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Oil rallies for third day, shrugging off firm dollar
Oil rose for a third straight session on Friday, supported by a raft of strong economic data from top oil consumer the United States that also boosted U.S. equities, even as the dollar hit a multi-year high.
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Ag markets diverged significantly Friday afternoon
The equity and U.S. dollar markets proved quite strong again Friday, but commodity traders seemed to pay more attention to the negative demand aspects of the greenback rally than to the economic strength implied by stock gains.
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Iowa Cattle on Feed down 5 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Iowa for all feedlots totaled 1,260,000 on May 1, 2013 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Iowa Field Office.
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Kansas Cattle on Feed down 1 percent
Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.06 million cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kansas Field Office.
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Idaho Cattle on Feed down 2 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Idaho from feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head on May 1, 2013 totaled 210,000 head, down 2 percent from the previous year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Colorado Cattle on Feed down 7 percent
The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 960,000 head as of May 1, 2013.
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- Cornell genetic testing process cuts cost by up to 75 percent
- Angus Foundation receives $28,500 from “The Card Challenge”
- Commentary: In praise of animal foods
- 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps first genomes
- Beef exports depend on quality reputation
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
