A monthly column written for Beef Central by US meat and livestock industry commentator, Steve Kay, publisher of US Cattle Buyers Weekly
THE US beef industry for many years wrung its collective hands about the declining negotiated cash market for cattle bought live.
Organisations like the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and its predecessor spent countless hours in public and private meetings trying to find ways to improve the sales without interfering with the market.
That they largely failed despite all these efforts was more to do with the changing nature of the…
