Despite a generally confident outlook in the cattle market, last week’s clearance rates revealed a gap between vendor expectations and buyer sentiment. While the data clearly points to one key factor - reserve setting - there may be other things at play that vendors and agents need to consider.

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Angus Brown discusses what could happen to the cattle market when there is grass in the south again.
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