Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market softens on limited volumes

Jul. 10, 2019 at 1:56 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $3 lower on average. Many auction barns were on holidays last week. Auctions that did hold sales had limited numbers on offer. The feeder market remains under pressure due to negative feeding margins, firm feed grain values and […]

Manitoba to open up Crown lands for grazing, haying

Jul. 9, 2019 at 7:11 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Canada proposes China meat export solution

Jul. 3, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Rod Nickel

Klassen: Feeder market enters summer doldrums

Jul. 2, 2019 at 12:57 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Prices fall with rain

Jun. 28, 2019 at 9:05 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canada says bogus certificates being used to smuggle meat into China

Jun. 26, 2019 at 11:57 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Unknown actors are using bogus certificates to smuggle Canadian meat into China, Trade Minister Jim Carr said on Wednesday, a day after Beijing halted beef and pork imports citing falsified paperwork. China, which has already blocked imports of Canadian canola seed and product from three pork […]

By Kelsey Johnson

P.E.I. to manage deadstock removal

Jun. 26, 2019 at 1:43 am CDT

Prince Edward Island’s latest provincial operating budget calls for its agriculture and land department to directly manage removal of deadstock for dairy and beef cattle producers. Finance Minister Darlene Compton’s 2019-20 operating budget, presented Tuesday, said the province will take over management of the deadstock contract “to reduce the administrative […]

By GFM Staff

Klassen: Fed cattle bounce supports yearling market

Jun. 25, 2019 at 10:43 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged while calf values were extremely variable. In Alberta, calf prices were holding value but in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, feeder cattle under 650 lbs. were $3 to as much as $8 lower in some cases. Recent rains in Saskatchewan have […]

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market shrugs off feed grain rally

Jun. 18, 2019 at 11:58 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were $2-$5 higher on average. Noted strength was in the 700-plus-lb. categories, which spilt over into the lighter calves. Quality groups of yearlings were limited and the scarcity fear factor had a grip on the market. The U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Jerry Klassen

Brazil lifts suspension of beef exports to China

Jun. 14, 2019 at 2:31 am CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s government said Thursday it has lifted a suspension of beef exports to China after dealing with an atypical case of BSE, sending shares of Marfrig Global Foods, Minerva and other Brazilian meatpackers soaring. The suspension had been in effect since June 3 after a […]

By Reuters