Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

Klassen: Healthy feedlot margins supports feeder complex

Apr. 1, 2025 at 10:03 am CDT

For the week ending March 29, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5/cwt lower to $5/cwt higher compared to seven days earlier. The price structure was largely determined by the crowd's mindset regarding potential U.S. tariffs.

Klassen: Feeder cattle follow live cattle futures higher

Mar. 25, 2025 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Tariff drama results in volatile feeder cattle market

Mar. 11, 2025 at 9:37 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeders remain firm despite tariff uncertainty

Mar. 4, 2025 at 1:22 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feedlot operators anticipate lower feeder cattle supplies for spring

Feb. 25, 2025 at 9:44 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market recovers on strong demand

Feb. 18, 2025 at 10:02 am CST

For the week ending February 15, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to five dollars higher on average compared to seven days earlier. The market has recovered after the recent stretch of adverse weather and the U.S. tariff threat in early February.

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market stalls; cold temperatures, tariff threat limit sales

Feb. 11, 2025 at 10:50 am CST

For the week ending February 8, the Western Canadian feeder cattle market was hard to define. Prices were softer earlier in the week but were creeping higher by Friday.

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs higher

Feb. 6, 2025 at 3:06 pm CST

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped back on Thursday, despite strong export sales. The United States Department of Agriculture reported export sales of 24,907 tonnes for the week ended Jan. 30. That’s up 23.5 per cent from the previous week and the most since August. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm