Insights and Stories on Auction Markets

beef cattle in a feedlot in Western Canada

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 […]

Klassen: Feedlots aggressively secure ownership

Aug. 22, 2023 at 12:45 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Ritchie Bros. raises cash payout in bid for IAA

Jan. 23, 2023 at 4:14 pm CST

By Reuters

Klassen: Rising feed grains weigh on feeder market

May. 28, 2019 at 10:20 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Lethbridge demand drives up yearling market

Sep. 5, 2017 at 7:59 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

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 […]

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder cattle market looking forward

Jan. 6, 2015 at 3:59 am CST

Auction markets across Western Canada will start off the New Year with fairly strong momentum. Newton’s first law of physics states that an object in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by an opposite force. U.S. fed cattle prices staged a miraculous recovery last week and it now […]

By Jerry Klassen

Insights and Stories on Auction Markets

Klassen: Feeding margin uncertainty weighs on feeder cattle market

Klassen: Feedlots aggressively secure ownership

Ritchie Bros. raises cash payout in bid for IAA

Klassen: Rising feed grains weigh on feeder market

Klassen: Lethbridge demand drives up yearling market

Klassen: Weaker fed cattle prices pressure feeder market

Klassen: Feeder cattle market looking forward

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