JBS USA opened a 12,000-square-foot cattle-buying station in Denver, Co., Aug. 25. The company is leasing space at 503 School Road, where Goods Livestock buys hogs and operates a livestock truck wash. In the past, directly working with the packer was only an option for large farms that could send the packer a full semitrailer load of cattle at a time. Lancaster County’s average herd size is about 60 to 75 animals, though, and many farms are dairy farms, which only produce a few slaughter cattle at a time, said Curtis McFadden, the main buyer for JBS.Read more at Drovers CattleNetwork…
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