USDA Launches Cattle Dashboard - Market Price Info

Jul 21, 2010
Dashboard
USDA Marketing Service has just launched a new cattle tool called Cattle Dashboard. According to USDA, Dashboard allows users to see weekly volume and price information presented in graphs and tables that can be customized for viewing and downloaded for use in reports and presentations. The Dashboard offers a friendly format that can be readily understood by producers, packers and other market participants.

To see an overview of Dashboard in pdf, click on this link: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5085698.

To go directly to Dashboard and start using it click on this link: http://mpr.datamart.ams.usda.gov/amsdashboard/.

By John M Harper
Author - County Director Mendocino & Lake/Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor - Emeritus