Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market ends 2017 on positive tone

Dec. 27, 2017 at 2:28 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $2 to as much as $6 higher. Moderate to stronger buying interest was noted across the Prairies. Once again, feedlot operators were fairly aggressive on quality yearling packages; semi-weaned and weaned calves were a solid $3-$5 higher while unweaned lighter […]

Loans pledged for wildfire-damaged Alberta farms

Dec. 24, 2017 at 2:51 am CST

By Staff

U.S. feedlot cattle placements bigger than expected

Dec. 22, 2017 at 3:01 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Bovine TB probe’s on-farm testing work complete

Dec. 19, 2017 at 8:22 pm CST

By Staff

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle market underpins feeder complex

Dec. 18, 2017 at 9:37 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Wendy’s to reduce antibiotic use in beef supply

Dec. 18, 2017 at 4:41 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — Hamburger chain Wendy’s Co. laid out plans on Friday to trim the use of antibiotics that are important to human medicine from its beef supply, the latest step by a food company to fight concerns about resistance to the drugs in people. Starting in 2018, the […]

By Tom Polansek

No prison for Saskatchewan rancher over stolen farm equipment

Dec. 15, 2017 at 8:31 pm CST

A western Saskatchewan rancher who pleaded guilty in August to charges over the discovery last year of missing tractors, balers and other farm equipment will serve time outside the prison system, Saskatoon media reported Friday. Iain Stables, now 40, was sentenced Friday in Provincial Court in Saskatoon to a conditional […]

By Staff

Klassen: Feeder cattle market falters

Dec. 12, 2017 at 3:33 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to as much as $6 lower. Alberta feeder cattle prices appeared to move in line with major U.S. markets, which were also down $3-$5 from week-ago levels; however, minimal slippage was noted in eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Weakness in […]

By Jerry Klassen

JBS says listing of U.S. unit remains priority

Dec. 7, 2017 at 4:07 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA said listing a subsidiary in the U.S. remained a priority, even as two controlling shareholders in the company remain in jail for insider trading and their role in a corruption scandal. The long-planned initial public offering of its processed food subsidiary […]

By Reuters

Klassen: Tight margins weigh on feeder cattle

Dec. 5, 2017 at 3:32 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $5 higher to $5 lower; however, yearlings were a solid $2 to $4 lower. Negative feeding margins over the past month, along with weakness in the deferred live cattle futures, set a negative tone in the heavier weight classes. The […]

By Jerry Klassen