Insights and Stories on Beef

Klassen: Feeder market may have overextended to the upside

Jul. 8, 2025 at 9:22 am CDT

For the week ending July 4, there were no feeder cattle sales in Western Canada due to holidays on July 1 and July 4. Major auction markets in the U.S. were also closed or had limited numbers on offer. Prices quoted from south of the border were steady to $4 higher on average but the market was hard to define.

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard.

Klassen: Feeder market eyes deferred delivery prices

Jun. 30, 2025 at 10:35 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Close-up of a white steer in an Alberta feedlot.

Klassen: Feeder market rally stalls on softer fed cattle market

Jun. 24, 2025 at 9:31 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Cattle walk through a fenced channel at a feedlot

Government of Canada announces an increase to maximum compensation for depopulated cattle

Jun. 19, 2025 at 9:31 am CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Bovine tuberculosis found in Manitoba

Jun. 17, 2025 at 11:45 am CDT

By Alexis Stockford

Mid-distance shot of a brown steer in an Alberta feedlot.

Klassen: Feeder market follows wholesale beef higher

Jun. 17, 2025 at 9:18 am CDT

For the week ending June 13, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Steady demand underpinned a week of lower auction market volumes.

By Jerry Klassen

Six agriculture leaders named Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame

Jun. 16, 2025 at 5:47 pm CDT

The six 2025 Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees range from long-serving farm policy makers to researchers, agriculture advocates and food business leaders.

By Miranda Leybourne

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle markets lifts feeder complex

Jun. 10, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

For the week ending June 7, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to as much as $15/cwt higher in some cases. Larger packages of quality replacements over 900 pounds were up $10-$15/cwt from prices seven days earlier.

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie forecast: Mostly warm and dry weather expected

May. 28, 2025 at 11:31 am CDT

We start off with high pressure dominating most of the Prairies. A large surface high is sitting over the north-central U.S. This is beginning to tap into more heat and moisture, which will allow for warmer daytime highs and nighttime lows as dewpoints creep up.

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Lower beef production forecasts support feeder complex

May. 27, 2025 at 2:09 pm CDT

Improving feedlot margins contributed to the stronger feeder market. Alberta packers were buying finished cattle on a dressed basis at $500/cwt delivered which was fresh record high. Using a 60 per cent grading, this equates to a live price of $300/cwt. Feedlot breakeven pen closeouts are in the range of $260-$270/cwt. Feedlots are anxious to reload and larger groups of quality packages are limited at this time of year.

By Jerry Klassen

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