Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Mexico reopens to all Canadian beef

Oct. 7, 2016 at 12:31 pm CDT

Beef and beef products from Canadian cattle of all ages may again be shipped to Mexico under newly expanded access announced Friday. The announcement from Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, on his first official visit to Mexico, follows up on a joint statement in June that Mexico was in the “final stages […]

Direct marketing grass-fed beef is a family business

Oct. 7, 2016 at 9:26 am CDT

By — Heather Smith Thomas

Klassen: Prolonged negative margins weigh on feeder market

Oct. 4, 2016 at 9:26 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

USDA requires meat packers to report online cattle auction deals

Sep. 29, 2016 at 7:49 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Sobeys locks in Atlantic Beef for P.E.I. stores

Sep. 29, 2016 at 7:39 pm CDT

By Staff

Klassen: Feeder cattle market experiences mixed tone

Sep. 27, 2016 at 5:16 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets experienced a diverse tone across the Prairies, with notable buying interest surfacing on yearlings. Compared to seven days earlier, prices for yearlings in southern Alberta were $5-$7 higher on average, as feedlots focused on purchasing local cattle. In southern Alberta, larger-frame lower-flesh black steers weighing […]

By Jerry Klassen

Western Feedlots closure seen hurting prices

Sep. 22, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — The closure of one of Canada’s biggest cattle feedlots is likely to depress prices of young cattle and the grains used to fatten them, and may increase sales to the U.S., industry officials say. Alberta-based Western Feedlots said Wednesday it will shut feeding operations early in […]

By Rod Nickel

China now taking Canadian bone-in beef

Sep. 22, 2016 at 12:09 pm CDT

China’s premier has announced the country will accept bone-in Canadian beef from cattle under 30 months of age (UTMs) starting today, according to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. The expanded access is expected to add another $10 million per year in exports to China in the short term, the CCA said, […]

By Staff

China to conditionally lift ban on some U.S. beef

Sep. 22, 2016 at 7:48 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters –– China has conditionally lifted an import ban on some shipments of U.S. boneless beef and beef on the bone, the country’s agriculture ministry and quality watchdog said on Thursday. The lifting of the ban applies to imports of beef from animals under 30 months old (UTMs), […]

By Reuters

Major Alberta cattle feeder set to shut feedlots

Sep. 21, 2016 at 2:59 pm CDT

Reuters — One of Canada’s biggest cattle feeding operations, Western Feedlots, said Wednesday it will close feeding operations after marketing the cattle it currently owns, due to poor market conditions. Closure of Western’s feeding operations, likely early in 2017 once its current cattle are sold, will make it more difficult […]

By Rod Nickel