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31 Dec. 2003
Chicago
A broker pauses as trading continues in the Cattle Futures Pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, December 31, 2003. U.S. cattle futures prices fell for a fifth straight session on Wednesday after the first U.S. case of deadly mad cow disease was revealed last week, but livestock analysts said the market was stabilizing. REUTERS/John Gress JG/SV