Cattle feeding on a Chatham-Kent Farm. (Photo by Simon Crouch)Cattle feeding on a Chatham-Kent Farm. (Photo by Simon Crouch)
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U-S Cattle Inventory Up Slightly, Marketings Down In April

Another month of low cattle marketings in the U-S.

The USDA says marketings of fed cattle in April totaled 1 point 64 million - 8 per cent below last year.

The department says that's the lowest number for April marketings since at least 1996.

There were 10 point 6 million head of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U-S on May first.

That's 1 per cent higher than a year ago.

Placements during April totalled 1 point 55 million.

That's 5 per cent below April of 2014.

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