USDA Market News reporters use specific lingo to describe action — or lack of action — in cattle markets. Those narratives are preludes to hard data on cattle markets.
Non-market participants might construe the abundance of data as information overload. But market participants gain valuable insight on potential price action from information that Market News, part of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, publishes in cattle market reports.
The information is available to all market participants. Equal access helps level the playing field for buyers and sellers.
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