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Livestock values declineSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)--More than $2 billion in livestock were sold last year by farmers and ranchers in South Dakota. The National Agricultural Statistics Service says that's a decline of 5 percent from 2006 sales of cattle, hogs and sheep. Cash receipts from marketings of cattle and calves accounted for 83 percent of the total, hogs made up 16 percent, and sheep comprised the remaining 1 percent. The value of cattle and calves sold in the state last year was put at $1.8 billion; hog receipts were $359 million, and sheep marketings fetched $32 million. 5/19/08 Date: 5/14/08
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