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U.S. Cattle Inventory Up

The U.S. cattle inventory was up 2 per cent on November 1st from the same time last year.

However, the USDA says both placements and marketings in October were below 2014. Placements were 4 per cent below at 2.8 million head. Marketings, at 1.63 million head, were down 3 per cent.

According to the USDA, those October marketings were the lowest for October since the recording series began in 1996.

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