Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

ArrowQuip loads up new cattle chute for 2020

Feb. 13, 2020 at 4:18 pm CST

Arrowquip recently released its new Q-Catch 74 Series cattle chute. The 74 Series comes complete with the same patented auto-locking mechanisms, full access points, and producer-friendly features. Even with the head gate closed, the unique barred style of the new 3E Q-Catch Cattle Head Gate on the 74 Series makes […]

Klassen: Uncertain beef demand weighs on feeder market

Feb. 11, 2020 at 10:20 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market remains under pressure

Feb. 4, 2020 at 7:40 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market lacks buying interest

Jan. 29, 2020 at 4:54 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Virus concerns add more uncertainty to cattle market

Jan. 27, 2020 at 6:18 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Namibia looks to import cattle as drought decimates herds

Jan. 21, 2020 at 12:22 pm CST

Windhoek | Reuters — Namibian state-owned meat processing and marketing firm Meatco is in talks with neighbour Botswana to import cattle, as severe drought decimates local herds and threatens beef export deals with China and European countries. The southern African desert nation moved closer to famine last month after dam […]

By Reuters

Klassen: Large feedlot inventories lower feeder demand

Jan. 21, 2020 at 3:06 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged and mid-weight feeders (600-850 lbs.) were steady to $2 lower, but calves under 600 lbs. were unchanged to as much as $10 lower. Prices were quite variable across the Prairies, which made the market hard […]

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market starts 2020 on steady tone

Jan. 14, 2020 at 5:11 pm CST

Compared to last week, short-keep replacement cattle and feeders in the mid-weight categories were steady to $3 lower on average; feeder cattle under 600 lbs. traded $2 lower to as much as $5 higher. Featherlight calves remain strong trading at similar levels to late December. Most auction markets resumed their […]

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Fed cattle market underpins feeder cattle prices

Jan. 7, 2020 at 7:29 pm CST

Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis at an average price of $275 delivered, which equates to $165 on a live basis. Fed cattle prices are now at 52-week highs and feeding margins are in the range of $50 to $70 per head. Strength in the cash […]

By Jerry Klassen

Amended CUSMA pact includes anti-COOL clause

Jan. 4, 2020 at 2:40 am CST

The new Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), a free trade deal set to replace NAFTA, includes language meant to block any future bids at a trade-disrupting country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law. The new clause would, in theory, checkmate a move made last summer by some Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives […]

By Dave Bedard