Where are beef prices going in eastern Canada and US in the next 12
months?  A friend has a fairly large herd of beefers in NB Canada, and
is concerned because they cost him more already than they are worth
now.  Should he sell soon to cut losses, or hold on for better prices
later?  We heard that stocks going down commodities are heading up,
isn't beef included?  Where can we track the trend on this?

Whether commodities are headed up or down is not useful information
for you. This is only useful if you are buying a product on the entire
commodities market. You need specific information for cattle.
Historical information can be found here:

http://tfc-charts.w2d.com/menu.html#meats

You might start here:
http://news.tradingcharts.com/futures/headlines/Beef.html

Clicking on Commodity Charts will bring you here to get a feel for the market:

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/menu.html

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