Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder cattle mixed across the Prairies

Mar. 21, 2016 at 9:08 pm CDT

Market sentiment can be extremely variable and this week, we saw a large divergence in the price structure across the Prairies. Alberta feeder cattle prices were generally $3 to $6 higher and in some cases as much as $10 above week-ago levels. Buying interest appeared to fade moving east, with […]

Cattle placed in U.S. feedlots jump to eight-year high

Mar. 19, 2016 at 3:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Peru lifts trade barriers to U.S. beef

Mar. 14, 2016 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Reuters

Klassen: Uncertain beef demand weighs on feeder market

Mar. 9, 2016 at 2:54 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Cargill moves to cut antibiotic use in cattle by 20 per cent

Mar. 9, 2016 at 10:54 am CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snaps back in anticipation of cash prices

Mar. 4, 2016 at 4:55 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts rose on Friday, paring recent losses as investors pulled futures closer in line with expectations for cash prices later on Friday, traders said. April closed 0.900 cent per lb higher at 136.350 cents, and June ended up 0.850 cent to 126.475. “We’re […]

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder cattle steady but demand remains sluggish

Mar. 2, 2016 at 1:03 pm CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded in line with week-ago levels on average, though the market was quite variable across the Prairies. Favourable temperatures in southern Alberta enhanced demand on all weight categories, especially on grassers from 500 to 650 lbs. Higher-quality backgrounded cattle were also $4-$8 higher in certain […]

By Jerry Klassen

Monarch population rebounds, still well off highs

Feb. 26, 2016 at 4:54 pm CST

Austin, Tex. | Reuters — North America’s monarch butterflies are on a rebound and the number of the plucky orange and black creatures, which gather in Mexico before flying north to Canada, could soon stand at around 150 million, a new survey showed on Feb. 26. The survey from a […]

By Jon Herskovitz

Klassen: Buyers risk-averse on feeder cattle

Feb. 23, 2016 at 3:55 pm CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were trading $5-$10 below values seven days earlier. Sharper declines were noted on heavier replacements over 800 lbs., which at times sold for $15 below week-ago levels; quality mid-weight feeders in the range of 600 to 800 lbs. were down $8 on average. Eastern Prairie […]

By Jerry Klassen

Cargill to supply Alberta carcass data to BIXS

Feb. 19, 2016 at 7:20 pm CST

One of Canada’s biggest beef packers is set to supply the specs on beef carcasses processed at its Alberta plant to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) BIXS information-sharing system. Cargill and BIXSCo, the CCA-backed operators of BIXS (Beef InfoXchange System), announced Thursday that the multinational agrifood firm will provide its […]

By Staff