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U.S. livestock: CME livestock futures rise on supply concerns

Dec. 29, 2021 at 4:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures climbed on Wednesday, as cash cattle prices firmed on concerns around meat supplies to meet anticipated demand going into next year, traders said. Cattle futures ended higher, as beef carcass cutout prices continued to firm and cash cattle traded higher, traders […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on expectations of beef demand; hogs ease

Dec. 28, 2021 at 4:45 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Klassen: Feeder market closes year on firm tone

Dec. 27, 2021 at 8:51 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Korea suspends Canadian beef imports after BSE case

Dec. 22, 2021 at 2:23 pm CST

By Reuters

Wintering calves with the cow herd

Dec. 21, 2021 at 12:31 pm CST

By — Heather Smith Thomas

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes after December surge

Dec. 21, 2021 at 12:04 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $3-$4 on either side of unchanged. Small groups of various quality characterized sale volumes. There were a few packages of backgrounded yearlings that sold at decent levels. Finishing feedlots were fairly aggressive on groups in the 700- to 800-lb. category. […]

By Jerry Klassen

‘Atypical’ BSE shows up in Alberta cow

Dec. 17, 2021 at 8:15 pm CST

Updated –– Canada’s first case of BSE since the country achieved “negligible risk” status for the brain-wasting cattle disease isn’t expected to affect trade in Canadian beef. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday it has notified the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) of a case of “atypical” bovine […]

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Higher fed cattle prices pull up feeder market

Dec. 14, 2021 at 12:44 pm CST

Compared to last week, replacement cattle over 800 lbs. traded $10-$15 higher; some quality packages were up $20 from week-ago levels. Feeder cattle weighing 600-800 lbs. traded $4-$8 higher; calves under 600 lbs. were up $6-$10 on average, with some packages in Alberta up as much as $15 from last […]

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes

Dec. 6, 2021 at 8:37 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis at $275 delivered; the Alberta fed market has rallied $10-$12 over the past couple weeks. Secondly, U.S. feeder cattle prices have also rallied US$10-US$12 […]

By Jerry Klassen

Strike averted at Cargill’s High River beef plant

Dec. 5, 2021 at 12:05 am CST

Workers at Cargill’s beef packing plant in southern Alberta have voted in favour of a contract that will hike wages by 21 per cent and provide improved health benefits. “The contract is the best of its kind and presented unprecedented gains in this time of economic and political uncertainty,” United […]

By Glenn Cheater