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The US beef herd may begin growing for the first time in nearly a decade, after the smallest cattle supply since the 1960s. Retail choice beef prices are up 8% over the past year and 20% since 2008.
Herd rebuilding would eventually add cattle supply, but with the smallest herd in decades, slow growth will not lower feeder or fed cattle prices soon.
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