Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market leaps higher

Jul. 23, 2024 at 9:26 am CDT

For the week ending July 20, Western Canadian yearlings traded $8-$15 above prices from seven days earlier. Values for larger groups of quality calves were up $8 to $10 from a week earlier while run of the mill smaller packages were relatively unchanged.

Beef experts share lessons learned from three years of drought

Jul. 19, 2024 at 11:33 am CDT

By John Greig

Klassen: Buyers tasting feeder cattle prices for fall run

Jul. 9, 2024 at 9:25 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Guelph Cargill strike vote to take place Saturday

Jul. 4, 2024 at 11:43 am CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Maritime beef producers get price protection

Jun. 18, 2024 at 12:08 pm CDT

By John Greig

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally after contract lows; cattle futures jump

Jun. 14, 2024 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Lean hog futures rallied at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday after falling earlier to contract lows under pressure from increased U.S. production. Cattle futures also climbed. A rise in wholesale prices for U.S. pork helped trigger the turnaround in hogs, analysts said. The U.S. Department […]

By Tom Polansek

Feds announce early livestock tax deferral

Jun. 14, 2024 at 3:10 pm CDT

Livestock producers in drought-affected areas are getting and early livestock tax deferral (LTD) for the 2024 season. The federal government said the situation has become more challenging for producers due to climate change, when announcing a list of regions eligible for the deferral on June 14. The LTD allows producers […]

By Alexis Kienlen

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures retreat as wholesale US pork prices sag

Jun. 13, 2024 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures backpedaled on Thursday from a one-week high reached during the previous session, while live cattle futures strengthened. Hog futures eased after wholesale U.S. pork prices pulled back from a jump on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture priced the pork […]

By Tom Polansek

Cattle producers wary of grasslands conservation proposal

Jun. 12, 2024 at 11:10 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association members want the Canadian Cattle Association to press pause on its Grasslands Conservation Initiative until it can better communicate its plan. Several resolutions about the initiative were debated during the SSGA annual meeting June 11 and while some were defeated members did approve […]

By Karen Briere

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hog futures end lower

Jun. 11, 2024 at 7:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Tuesday in dull technical trade as market players await cash cattle trade to develop, brokers said. CME August live cattle LCQ24 settled down 1.050 cents at 178.925 cents per pound, although the contract stayed above its 100- and […]

By Julie Ingwersen