Insights and Stories on Livestock

Klassen: U.S. feeder markets lead Canadian prices higher

Aug. 1, 2023 at 8:02 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling markets once again jumped $3-$5/cwt on average. Higher quality 900-pound steers are reaching up to the range of $310-$315/cwt. Comments from readers suggest that 850-900-pound steers are trading up to $315-$320/cwt. Calves in the 500-550-pound range are reaching just over the $400/cwt level. […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures climb on strong demand

Jul. 31, 2023 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures reach one-week high

Jul. 28, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: wheat, barley prices still on the rise

Jul. 27, 2023 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures mixed; feeders boosted as corn slumps

Jul. 27, 2023 at 4:51 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: feeder cattle futures gain boost from corn market weakness

Jul. 26, 2023 at 2:15 pm CDT

Meat packers continued to see profit margins stay in the red

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures extend profit-taking slide

Jul. 25, 2023 at 7:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group fell on Tuesday for a fourth session on profit-taking after last week’s contract highs, and a month-long slide in wholesale beef prices that erased meat packers’ profit margins, analysts said. CME August live cattle futures LCQ3 settled Tuesday down […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: live cattle futures end mixed; feeders pressured as corn soars

Jul. 24, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group closed mixed on Monday, with nearby contracts pressured by surging feed grain prices and bearish data in Friday’s monthly U.S. Cattle on Feed report. CME August live cattle futures LCQ3 settled down 1.275 cents at 178.750 cents per […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Got gophers? Invite a raptor to dinner

Jul. 24, 2023 at 2:18 pm CDT

In many cattle ranchers’ minds, there’s no such thing as a good gopher. However, custom grazier Steven Kenyon, who practises regenerative agriculture on his Alberta operation, sees them as neither friend nor foe. “They’re part of the system,” he said in an interview during a pasture tour organized by the […]

Vietnam approves commercial use of first African swine fever vaccines

Jul. 24, 2023 at 11:55 am CDT

Hanoi | Reuters – Vietnam has approved the domestic commercial use of two home-grown vaccines against African swine fever, the government said on Monday, making them the world’s first commercial vaccines against the deadly disease. The vaccines include NAVET-ASFVAC, co-developed by Navetco Central Veterinary Medicine and scientists from the United […]

By Khanh Vu