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Grass, freight rates and Australia’s lamb market

Real Agriculture

The cattle market is well known for its ebbs and flows with the availability of grass, and the lamb market follows a similar pattern, though to a lesser extent.

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Beef Market Update: Exceptional demand is the beef story of 2024

Real Agriculture

2024 will go down as a year of market demand that was stronger than could have ever been anticipated. In this last episode of the Beef Market Update for 2024, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange reflects on the past Read More 2024 will go down as a year of market demand that was stronger than could have ever been anticipated.

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Beef Market Update: Markets try and respond to erratic news cycle

Real Agriculture

Erratic is the word of the day and the markets are responding hour-by-hour, day-to-day, and week-to-week with the news, says Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange in this episode of the Beef Market Update. cash markets bounced back last week and have managed to hold those gains. In the southern U.S., In the southern U.S.,

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Beef Market Update: A fascinating time for price, policy and trade

Real Agriculture

Strong and high prices across the board was the story in the cattle markets this week. Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange highlights that this is the first time she has reported prices at this level on the Beef Market Update. Nebraska markets are steady to Read More In the southern U.S., trade remains steady at $2.01.

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Beef Market Update: Christmas markets, annual reflections, and a jump in carcass weights

Real Agriculture

The Christmas holidays are almost upon us and while Christmas markets may be busy with shoppers looking for the perfect gift in the coming weeks, the cattle markets have started to slow down in the U.S., as a lot of the buying has been done for the season. as a lot of the buying has been done for the season.

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Beef Market Update: The choice/select spread, heifer placements, and bred-cow prices

Real Agriculture

Markets in the U.S. That support under the cutout has been supporting the cash markets. The select spread has widened again which continues to confirm that demand for those high… Read More Markets in the U.S. The select spread has widened again which continues to confirm that demand for those high… Read More Markets in the U.S.

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Beef Market Update: A smaller national herd, tariff talk, and carcass weight shifts

Real Agriculture

This week held no big surprises in the beef markets. While markets were lower last week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange surmised that would continue into this week and says that it has. The dressed market in the U.S. The dressed market in the U.S.

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