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From an econ point of view, it makes more sense to butcher cattle as close to the ranch as is economically feasable, then ship the packaged beef by refrigerated trailer or reefer railcar to the markets. You can pack more payload into a box post slaughter than live. Most cattlemen probably ship their beef to the closest slaughterhouse available, so that would fit into a mostly trucking move. Transporting live "doomed" animals long distances just doesn't make sense when you can cram the tastiest parts tightly into packages, e.g. no wasted space!
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