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Economist says recent cattle price declines don’t necessarily signal a long-term downturn

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An ag economist says it’s been a tough couple of months for the cattle complex. Josh Maples with Mississippi State University Extension tells Brownfield the five area price is currently about $230 per hundredweight. “This is down about 11% from a month ago,” he says. “And it’s down about 12% from the high that we saw back in mid-May when we were […] The post Economist says recent cattle price declines don’t necessarily signal a long-term downturn appeared first on Brownfield Ag News .

First report: Ag economist says heifer retention increases, but cattle herd expansion remains uncertain — brownfieldagnews.com, 15d