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Leading meatpackers test controversial online cattle auction

03/02/2016

Meatpacker and tannery owner JBS helped host a test run of an online auction that could shake up the US pricing model for cattle, according to a Reuters reports. The system has been established to try to improve cattle futures following extreme price volatility in the hides market. However, Terry Duffy, executive chairman of derivatives...

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