Department of Agriculture reported choice beef prices at midday were down $0. KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--Cash cattle traders in the central and southern Plains Monday said packer buyers are not yet bidding for slaughter-ready cattle while the industry goes about counting the number of cattle being brought to market this week. Select beef prices were off $0. Traders were concerned about weakness in beef markets and whether it would cause packers to pare their slaughter rates, brokers and...

The high Aussie dollar is putting pressure on cattle prices for the export market. Aussie dollar puts pressure on cattle prices. close to [the] 85 mark, you're looking at a 15-year high against the Japanese yen so its having a fairly significant impact even though our export sales for May were still well up there in terms of the saleyards," she said. Over the past two weeks the dollar has hovered between 81 and 85 cents. National Livestock Reporting Service's Nicole Varley says that is...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP): Taiwan has lifted a four-year-old ban on Canadian beef imports that followed a mad cow disease scare, but the meat is restricted to boneless cuts from cattle under 30 months old. The department said imported beef must also be free of brain or spinal material, believed to have a higher risk of carrying mad cow disease, also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE. Canada has had 10 reported BSE cases since the country's first discovery, on May 20, 2003, which...

cattle markets prices but could affect the industry's competitiveness in the international arena and consumer confidence, according to a Montana agricultural economist. cull cow price will dive to the Canadian cull cow price because the small markets will follow the big market every time, said Gary Brester, Montana State University agricultural economist during the Livestock Nutrition Conference in April in Bozeman, Mont. cull cow price will dive to the Canadian cull cow price because the...

The housewives will also launch campaigns to raise people's awareness of the risk of mad cow disease, and will demand the government halt importing the meat, she added. It agreed to import only boneless meat from cattle under 30 months old, which are thought to be less at risk of carrying the illness. beef amid a campaign to get the government to halt recently resumed American beef imports. beef is being sold, and where in the country the beef originated, said Go Bong-kang, a member of the...