Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market in consolidation mode

Jun. 7, 2021 at 9:39 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable depending on the weight category. Replacement cattle weighing over 800 lbs. were steady to $4 lower while feeders weighing 700-800 lbs. traded steady to $4 higher on average. Feeder cattle under 600 lbs. were unchanged from seven days […]

Klassen: Feeder market remains firm

Jun. 1, 2021 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

JBS Australian, North American servers hacked

May. 31, 2021 at 7:29 pm CDT

By Reuters

OIE ruling turns page on BSE in Canada

May. 27, 2021 at 6:56 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Feeder market heating up

May. 24, 2021 at 8:50 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Crafting a new meat business

May. 21, 2021 at 9:14 am CDT

Starting a niche marketing meat business is no small feat, but launching it at the beginning of a pandemic takes the challenge to a whole new level. For some time, Trish and Greg Tetz of Three Hills, Alta., had the dream of “opening the conversation between producers and consumers. We […]

By Kelly Sidoryk

Tensions build over Argentina’s beef export ban

May. 19, 2021 at 1:41 am CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups will halt trading of livestock in protest against a 30-day government ban on beef exports aimed at bringing down domestic prices, the country’s main producer groups said in a joint statement Tuesday. The South American country’s centre-left Peronist government unveiled the ’emergency […]

By nicolas-misculin

Klassen: Drier conditions will influence feeder market

May. 18, 2021 at 1:21 pm CDT

The feeder market was hard to define this week. The quality of yearlings was quite variable. Fleshier types were heavily discounted while quality packages were unchanged from seven days earlier. Calf prices were mostly unchanged; however, values were down $4-$6 in drier pockets of southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Southern […]

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle prices underpin feeder complex

May. 11, 2021 at 4:56 am CDT

Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $265-$270 delivered this past week, up $3-$5 from seven days earlier. Live prices were quoted at $159-$162 delivered using a 60 per cent grading. If the feedlot operator booked their feed grains earlier in winter, live […]

By Jerry Klassen

Walmart locks in CRSB claim for in-store beef brand

May. 11, 2021 at 4:32 am CDT

The Canadian arm of Walmart has locked in enough of a supply of certified-sustainable beef to label its entire Your Fresh Market burger patty line accordingly. The retail giant announced Monday it’s now sourcing beef from “certified sustainable” farms and ranches according to standards set by the Canadian Roundtable for […]

By Dave Bedard