(Photo courtesy Farm & Food Care Ontario)(Photo courtesy Farm & Food Care Ontario)
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U-S Cattle Placements Way Down In November

The inventory of cattle and calves on feed in the U-S on December 1st was slightly below where it was a year ago.

The USDA reports 1 point 6 million head of cattle were placed on feedlots in November while 1 point 53 million head of fat cattle were marketed.

That placement number was down 11 per cent from 2014 and the lowest for November since the series began in 1996.

U-S fed cattle marketings were up 4 per cent from November of 2014.

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