Insights and Stories on Livestock

China wants slimmer pigs

Jun. 9, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

Chinese farmers and small firms have increasingly bought market-ready pigs from larger breeders and fattened them in a bet on higher prices, but the government is cracking down on the speculative practice to slim down hogs and stabilize the market.

Supply management bill goes straight to Senate

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Karen Briere

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs on record highs going into the weekend

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:29 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: August live, cattle contracts hit record highs

Jun. 5, 2025 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Substantial prices gains for live, feeder cattle

Jun. 4, 2025 at 3:32 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

beef cattle in a feedlot in Western Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog prices ease off

Jun. 3, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

Cattle prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange slipped back on Tuesday despite earlier gains. The August live cattle contract rose to US$212.850 per hundredweight during the day, but eventually closed at US$209.750, a loss of US$1.250 compared to Monday’s close. The August feeder cattle contract also reached its highest price […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code

Jun. 3, 2025 at 2:50 pm CDT

The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.

By Alexis Kienlen

Klassen: Feeding margin uncertainty weighs on feeder cattle market

Jun. 3, 2025 at 9:05 am CDT

For the week ending May 31, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to as much as $10 lower on average. Dryer grass conditions in certain regions of Manitoba and central and northern Saskatchewan may have contributed to the softer tone at certain locations. Many feedlot operators continue to sit […]

By Jerry Klassen