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MO Cattle Prices

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Sarcoxie, MO (2010-06-08) Cattle farmers in Missouri say prices for their cattle are the highest they've been in years.

Eldon Cole, with University of Missouri Extension Center in

Mount Vernon, says the cattle market began to improve earlier this

year. He attributes that to a better general economy, as well as a

lower inventory of cattle.

The Joplin Globe reports that prices spiked to about $1 a pound

in January and are now about 90 cents a pound. Cole says beef

inventories are down 5 to 10 percent.

Ron Plain, a state agricultural economist, says Missouri cattle

producers have been reducing their herds for four years, and that's

helping to increase prices.

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