Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Weaker fed cattle prices pressure feeder market

Jun. 20, 2017 at 1:20 am CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $3-$7 lower on average, with shorter-keep replacements over 850 lbs. as much as $10 lower in some cases. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $159-$161, down nearly $12 from week-ago levels. Most auction markets had limited numbers on offer, with […]

Abu Dhabi fund not eyeing bid for JBS, source says

Jun. 16, 2017 at 3:01 pm CDT

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal Stanley Carvalho

Saskatchewan offers provincial pasture leases to patron groups

Jun. 15, 2017 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. beef speeds to China by air as ban ends

Jun. 14, 2017 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder cattle market looks for direction

Jun. 13, 2017 at 8:12 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. finalizes talks to resume beef exports to China

Jun. 12, 2017 at 8:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Final details are in place to allow U.S. exporters to resume beef shipments to China, U.S. officials said on Monday, allowing companies to prepare for their first shipments in 14 years. After concluding talks with Beijing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said U.S. producers must track […]

By Reuters

Former BFO president turns to provincial politics

Jun. 6, 2017 at 7:33 pm CDT

A former president of the Beef Farmers of Ontario will be running for the Liberals in the next provincial election. Bob Gordanier was nominated Monday as the Liberal candidate for the southwestern Ontario riding of Dufferin-Caledon, which has been held by Progressive Conservative MPP Sylvia Jones since 2007. During his […]

By John Greig

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices remain firm

Jun. 6, 2017 at 2:07 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels, although larger groups of quality cattle were priced $3-$5 higher. Most auction barns reported small packages on offer with a larger variance in quality. However, there was limited slippage, even on late stragglers. Prices were rather surprising, with one […]

By Jerry Klassen

JBS parent to pay record fine in leniency deal

May. 31, 2017 at 12:40 pm CDT

Brasilia/Sao Paulo | Reuters — J+F Investimentos, controlling shareholder of the globe’s largest meatpacker JBS SA, agreed to pay a record-setting 10.3 billion real (C$4.3 billion) fine for its role in corruption scandals that threaten to oust President Michel Temer, Brazilian prosecutors said. The settlement means that Brazil’s three-year sweeping […]

By Ricardo Brito Tatiana Bautzer

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

May. 30, 2017 at 7:02 pm CDT

After the recent rally, cattle buyers noted that price spreads between weight categories came back in line with traditional levels this week. Shorter-keep yearlings were steady to $4 weaker compared to seven days earlier; mid-weight cattle from 700 to 800 lbs. were relatively unchanged while feeders under 700 lbs. were […]

By Jerry Klassen