Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder cattle drop on cautious feedlot demand

Feb. 20, 2017 at 9:33 pm CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to as much as $8 below week-ago levels as feedlot managers anticipate growing beef supplies during the late spring and summer. Heavier weight categories absorbed the brunt of the selling pressure, with backgrounding operators liquidating fall-placed calves. Certain groups of higher-quality heifers held […]

Klassen: Tenacious feeder market softens on supply forecasts

Feb. 14, 2017 at 4:22 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Ontario backs feed processing at Cargill beef plant

Feb. 8, 2017 at 7:14 pm CST

By Staff

JBS shares slump as prosecutors target controlling holder

Feb. 7, 2017 at 5:17 pm CST

By Reuters

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets digest USDA inventory report

Feb. 6, 2017 at 8:12 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

More BSE tests, no BSE seen in 2016

Feb. 6, 2017 at 7:29 pm CST

Canadian beef cattle producers handed over more samples in 2016 than in 2015 to be tested for BSE, turning up zero cases of the brain-wasting disease. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association on Monday reported 27,346 samples were submitted to the national BSE surveillance program in 2016 — up four per cent […]

By Staff

Bovine TB probe’s focus turns to infected herd

Feb. 3, 2017 at 6:37 pm CST

With no new cases of bovine tuberculosis discovered on the Prairies since mid-November, federal officials are now turning their focus to how the disease got into half a dozen cattle in the region last fall. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday it has finished TB-screening and depopulating all mature […]

By Staff

Klassen: Fed cattle uncertainty restricts upside in feeders

Jan. 31, 2017 at 4:25 pm CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle were actively trading $3-$5 higher compared to week-ago levels. Order buyers felt like they were groping in the dark but realized there was a fair amount of buying interest by the week’s end. Alberta and Ontario orders were floating aggressively into Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan, which […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. December feedlot cattle placements hit six-year high

Jan. 27, 2017 at 6:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feedlots brought in 18 per cent more cattle in December than the year-earlier month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, which topped forecasts and reached a six-year high for that month. Higher prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle last month improved profit for […]

By Theopolis Waters

McDonald’s, A+W roll out all-day breakfast for Canada

Jan. 26, 2017 at 12:56 pm CST

Burger chains McDonald’s and A+W expect to dial up their demand for Canadian eggs as they offer all-day breakfasts alongside their beef and chicken wares across the country, starting next month. Toronto-based A+W announced Thursday it would be “the first national burger chain to offer all-day breakfast at its restaurants” […]

By Staff