Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market remains firm

Dec. 31, 2019 at 1:10 am CST

Feeder cattle markets experienced light volumes during the final week of December and prices were relatively unchanged compared to week-ago levels. Yearling values were slightly softer, as these cattle will not have enough time to be ready for the April fed market. Buying interest for mid-weight categories was characterized as […]

Klassen: Improving margins support lightweight feeder cattle

Dec. 24, 2019 at 8:40 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slip ahead of USDA report

Dec. 23, 2019 at 2:05 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Klassen: Feeder cattle market volatility continues

Dec. 17, 2019 at 5:34 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Cattle producers get longer phase-in on new transport regs

Dec. 12, 2019 at 5:11 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Klassen: Feeder cattle market under weight of imports

Dec. 10, 2019 at 2:15 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5 lower to $2 higher. It’s that time of year when most feedlots are carrying sufficient numbers and buyers are hesitant to increase ownership unless they can see profitability. Auction market volumes contained weaned and unweaned calves over the past […]

By Jerry Klassen

A lifetime with purebred cattle

Dec. 6, 2019 at 9:53 am CST

Ernie Esau’s outstanding career in the purebred industry started with two Shorthorn heifers in 1952. Esau, who was inducted earlier this year into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame for his contribution to the beef industry, operated Ernmore Farms in Elm Creek, Man. He and his wife Irma were married […]

By — Heather Smith Thomas

Klassen: Feeder cattle edge higher on improving margins

Dec. 3, 2019 at 7:19 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings were $2-$3 higher; calf prices were $2 to as much as $4 higher; calves under 600 lbs. were $4 to as much as $10 higher in some cases. February and April live cattle futures appear to be incorporating a risk premium due to […]

By Jerry Klassen

Ryding-Regency’s federal beef packing licenses cancelled

Dec. 2, 2019 at 3:09 pm CST

Citing “false or misleading information” given them during an E. coli probe, food safety officials have now permanently pulled the federal slaughter, processing and export licenses for Toronto’s Ryding-Regency Meat Packers and related companies. The cancellation, announced Monday, indefinitely prolongs what was already described as “critical processing capacity shortage” for […]

By GFM Staff

EU lawmakers clear U.S. beef imports but fault U.S. tariffs

Nov. 28, 2019 at 3:03 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — European Union lawmakers approved an increase in U.S. beef imports to the EU on Thursday, a move likely to ease transatlantic tensions. But they also criticized tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on metal imports and a threat he has made to target EU cars […]

By philip-blenkinsop