Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market lacks demand in new tax year

Jan. 15, 2018 at 9:32 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle traded $8-$10 lower while U.S. prices were also down $5-$10 from week-ago levels. The feeder market appeared to short-circuit after I thought the market was charged to move higher in last week’s report. Feedlot operators and cattle feeders saturated their demand prior […]

TPP seen critical for beef sales growth in Japan

Jan. 15, 2018 at 7:29 pm CST

By John Greig

Seedstock cattle operation aims for balance

Jan. 12, 2018 at 3:16 pm CST

By Debbie Furber

Klassen: Fed cattle market leads feeders higher

Jan. 8, 2018 at 9:18 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

Jan. 5, 2018 at 7:48 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Brazil expects to be declared free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination

Jan. 5, 2018 at 2:50 pm CST

Brazil | Reuters – Brazil expects the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to declare the country free from foot-and-mouth disease with vaccinations at a meeting in May, according to a government statement on Friday. The declaration will bolster the country’s prospects to export meat to new markets, the statement […]

By Jake Spring

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

Jan. 4, 2018 at 5:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Thursday in a technical selling and profit-taking setback and on concerns of a slowdown in beef demand in the storm-hit eastern United States, traders said. A winter storm continued its march up the U.S. East Coast on […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

Jan. 3, 2018 at 8:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Wednesday after stronger cash and wholesale pork prices pared some of Tuesday’s losses, said traders. Funds periodically sold, or “rolled,” lead-month positions into deferred months ahead of similar moves early next week. Monday will be the first of […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally on higher cash, beef prices

Jan. 2, 2018 at 4:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied about 1.5 percent on Tuesday on fund buying and stronger cash cattle and beef prices, traders said. Frigid temperatures in U.S. Plains cattle producing areas also supported futures as such weather could slow down cattle weight gains, making them […]

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Feeder market remains firm into 2018

Jan. 1, 2018 at 5:09 pm CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets experienced limited activity over the past week because most auction barns were closed for the holiday season. There was some reported activity in certain regions such as central Alberta and prices were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. Frigid temperatures tempered buying activity. Feedlots in […]

By Jerry Klassen