Article: Nebraska Feedlots Threaten Boycott to Recapture Control of Cattle Pricing.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 31--LINCOLN, Neb.--In an attempt to recapture control of cattle pricing, more than 120 Nebraska feedlots are threatening to boycott a marketing system that sends cattle to packing houses before a final price is determined.

The cattle feeders' goal is to increase prices, now in a slump that has most feeders selling their stock at big losses.

Participating Nebraska feedlots have pledged to sell only in the time-worn, traditional way -- by negotiating a price with a cattle buyer. The boycott is to start this weekend and run through Sept. 14.

Feedlot operators hope that packing houses would be forced to send ...

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