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Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Sept. 28 (opens the original)
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The cattle market began the week lower, strained by pressures that influenced the market over the last week. Live cattle futures were lower, down $1.42 on the October contract to $217.45 and down $1.35 on the December contract to $220.80. Cash trade for the day totaled about 100 head. No trends were noted. On the formula side, a total of 31,600 head averaging 931 lbs. averaged $358.52. Cash trade for the week ending Sept. 27 totaled 47,138 head. Live steers averaged $221.97, and dressed steers a
Slaughter disruptions cut cattle throughput (opens the original)
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Cattle futures moved higher over the week, while processing plant disruptions weighed on slaughter numbers. Live cattle futures closed higher. The October contract gained about $4 to close at $219.07, and the December contract gained about $5 to close at $221.10. Cash trade through Thursday totaled about 10,000 head. Live steers sold from $219-223, and dressed steers sold from $348-355. Cash trade for the week ending Sept. 20 totaled 64,259 head. Live steers averaged $222.38, and dressed steers
BLM increases grazing flexibility in Owyhee Canyonlands (opens the original)
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to increase grazing flexibility in the Louse Canyon management area within the Owyhee River canyons near the Oregon-Idaho border. The agency is proposing to extend the grazing season to better support long-term grazing health and issued three proposed grazing decisions that renew permits across half a million acres in southeast Oregon. “Healthy rangelands are crucial to the ranching economy,” said Acting BLM Vale District Manager Mike Decker. “The
USDA to bring more states into meat inspection programs (opens the original)
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In mid-September, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced USDA will begin an initiative to help states start or expand their meat inspection programs in partnership with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The move builds on President Donald Trump’s earlier September executive order intended to support ranchers and promote market competition. A total of 31 states currently operate State Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) programs and 11 participate in the Cooperative Intersta
USFWS clarifies ESA ‘take’ interpretation (opens the original)
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued a new directive outlining how staff should interpret the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) prohibition on “take” following the rescission of the regulatory definition of “harm.” In a Sept. 14 memo to USFWS staff, Director Brian Nesvik outlines that the ESA prohibition on “take” only applies to acts intentionally and purposefully directed at an animal. The memo explains that when there is no direct intention to harm an animal, there is no take, howev
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