Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Guelph beef plant idled against COVID-19 outbreak

Dec. 17, 2020 at 4:29 pm CST

Agrifood giant Cargill is temporarily halting production at its beef processing plant at Guelph, Ont. in the wake of a significant COVID-19 outbreak among employees. The company announced it would “begin the process to temporarily idle” the Dunlop Drive plant effective Thursday (Dec. 17). “This was a difficult decision for […]

Klassen: Feeder cattle market volatility continues

Dec. 16, 2020 at 9:03 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market takes direction from live cattle futures

Dec. 8, 2020 at 1:38 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall as accelerating pandemic stirs demand concern

Dec. 7, 2020 at 5:07 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes on demand hopes

Dec. 1, 2020 at 4:53 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

China’s coronavirus testing chokes beef trade

Nov. 27, 2020 at 2:23 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — In a supermarket in downtown Beijing, refrigerator shelves normally filled with steak from around the world sit empty as tougher testing for the novel coronavirus creates supply bottlenecks and raises prices for importers. Fresh supplies of beef won’t arrive for days, a salesman at the Suning.com-owned […]

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

Klassen: Feeder market incorporates risk discount

Nov. 23, 2020 at 9:49 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were unchanged; however, calves weighing 550 to 800 lbs. traded $3-$5 lower. The market for calves under 550 lbs. traded $5 lower to $3 higher. Early in the week, prices were showing some strength in the lighter weight categories but buying enthusiasm […]

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Calf prices ratcheting higher

Nov. 17, 2020 at 8:30 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$4 on either side of unchanged; mid-weight calves were also unchanged while lighter calves traded steady to as much as $6 higher. Alberta and Saskatchewan have experienced adverse weather over the past couple of weeks; however, feedlots in southern Alberta appeared […]

By Jerry Klassen

B.C. ranchers honoured for protecting watersheds

Nov. 13, 2020 at 10:17 am CST

In a truly strange set of circumstances, when Chad Seelhof heard about the BSE announcement, he was in a cattle liner about to relocate from Paradise Hill, Sask., with his parents Louis and Ellie, to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. Chad recalls hearing the report on a radio broadcast. […]

By Kelly Sidoryk

Newfoundland beef producers backed to develop abattoirs

Nov. 12, 2020 at 2:00 am CST

A provincial call for proposals to boost beef slaughter capacity in Newfoundland and Labrador has yielded three successful applicants. The provincial government on Nov. 5 announced its Beef Industry Enhancement Initiative will provide just over $1.8 million in total to its three successful proposals: $719,750 for Troy Humber of Northern […]

By Dave Bedard