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  2. Live cattle - Wikipedia

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    Live cattle is a type of futures contract that can be used to hedge and to speculate on fed cattle prices. Cattle producers, feedlot operators, and merchant exporters can hedge future selling prices for cattle through trading live cattle futures, and such trading is a common part of a producer's price risk management program. [1]

  3. Feeder cattle - Wikipedia

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    The CME Feeder Cattle Index is calculated using prices reported by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). AMS reports number of cattle sold, average price of sale, and average weight of cattle sold for daily feeder cattle transactions for every US state in 50 pounds (23 kg) segments for each grade segment.

  4. Trump tariffs to stoke US food inflation despite pledge to ...

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    U.S. retail prices for ground beef hit a record high of $5.67 per pound in September and were a little below that last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices for the hamburger ...

  5. Kansas City Stockyards - Wikipedia

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    Kansas City Stockyards (1909) Kansas City Stockyards with the Livestock Exchange Building (1904) View of stockyards & surrounding area (1940s) The stockyards were built to provide better prices for livestock owners. [citation needed] Previously, livestock owners west of Kansas City could only sell at whatever price the railroad offered. With ...

  6. Egg prices are soaring. Don't expect that to change ... - AOL

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    The average price per dozen nationwide hit $4.15 in December. That's not quite as high as the $4.82 record set two years ago , but the Agriculture Department predicts prices are going to soar ...

  7. Golden Triangle of Meat-packing - Wikipedia

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    The plant employs 3,600 people and slaughters 6,000 cattle every day. The facility is now owned by Tyson Foods. [3] Finney County induced the company to locate the plant near Garden City by providing the company with $100 million in industrial revenue bonds and $3.5 million in property tax relief. [4]

  8. Low wheat prices irk Kansas farmers, capping US winter wheat ...

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    U.S. farmers are about halfway done planting winter wheat for harvest in 2024, but acreage is expected to remain stable or decrease from last year because of lower prices and farmers ...

  9. Feedlot - Wikipedia

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    The best indicator of health is the body temperature of a cow, but this is not always possible when looking over many animals per day. [18] The diet of the animals and the different ingredients within the ration are controversial. Cattle in feedlots are fed grain rather than more natural forage.