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Klassen: Yearling prices surge

Jul. 23, 2019 at 9:20 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling prices were $3 to as much as $10 higher while calves traded $2 to $5 above week-ago levels. Most auction barns remain in holiday mode; however, order buyers were extremely busy fielding calls for available cattle. This caused the yearling market in Western […]

Prairie hay shortage on horizon

Jul. 19, 2019 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hogs top five-week high on China demand expectations

Jul. 19, 2019 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise amid hopes of China pork demand

Jul. 18, 2019 at 8:02 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. to move BLM headquarters to Colorado

Jul. 16, 2019 at 8:44 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures weaken as beef prices decline

Jul. 16, 2019 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle and feeder cattle futures slumped on Tuesday as concerns about declining beef prices continued to hang over the markets. Decreasing beef prices have spurred expectations that meat packers such as Tyson and Cargill may be less aggressive when bidding to […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market experiences fortuitous bounce

Jul. 16, 2019 at 8:53 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $2-$5 higher on average. Auction barns had limited numbers on offer but strong buying interest surfaced for quality packages. Alberta feedlots were the main buyers setting the price structure. There were two main factors enhancing demand this week. First, U.S. […]

By Jerry Klassen

Alberta to lengthen public leases for ‘exemplary’ ranching

Jul. 12, 2019 at 9:36 pm CDT

Ranchers who display “exemplary” stewardship as tenants on Alberta’s public lands could soon be eligible for double the term of the usual lease. The province announced Tuesday it expects the new policy to come into effect in late autumn this year and “in the coming months” will release new guidelines […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: CME hogs book biggest one-week climb since April

Jul. 12, 2019 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Friday and the most-active August contract recorded its biggest weekly gain since April, supported by expectations of thinning U.S. hog supplies, traders said. A glut of hogs has hung over the futures market for months, but […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end lower

Jul. 11, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell about three per cent on Thursday on sluggish cash markets, traders said, retreating after a two-session surge that lifted the August contract to a near-three-week high a day earlier. CME August lean hogs settled down 2.55 cents at […]

By Julie Ingwersen