Insights and Stories on Feedlots

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports, larger crop prospects pressure barley

Nov. 30, 2023 at 6:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The feed barley market in Western Canada remains relatively flat as steady corn imports from the U.S. keep domestic feeders well supplied. Ideas that Canadian production ended up above earlier expectations were also keeping a lid on the domestic market. Delivered barley into the Lethbridge, Alta. area is […]

Klassen: Strong demand continues to support feeder market

Nov. 28, 2023 at 7:06 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Weak demand for barley

Nov. 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Canadian feeder buyers ignore weaker futures market

Nov. 21, 2023 at 9:01 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise ahead of bullish data

Nov. 17, 2023 at 7:29 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn moving into Canadian feedlots

Nov. 9, 2023 at 3:56 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The steady flow of corn from the United States into Canadian feedlots should keep prices for domestic feed grains under pressure for the foreseeable future. Canada imported 91,100 tonnes of corn from the U.S. during the week ended Nov. 2, taking the marketing-year-to-date total to 221,700 tonnes, according […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Buyers contemplate feeder market prices

Nov. 7, 2023 at 1:53 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $3-$5/cwt lower on average although limited numbers made the market hard to define. Calf markets traded $4-$8/cwt on either side of unchanged. It appeared that 700-plus-lb. calves were up $4 to as much as $8. The variation in the price structure […]

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to continue slipping back

Nov. 2, 2023 at 8:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed prices are set continue grinding lower for the balance of 2023, “as domestic end users are covered,” according to Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Beusekom pointed to the amount of contracted corn being imported from the United States as well as better-than-expected yields […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Canadian feeder market holds value despite weaker futures

Oct. 31, 2023 at 9:58 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices traded $3-$5 lower while calf values were relatively unchanged. The market was slightly softer early in the week. On Wednesday, Alberta packers renewed fed cattle bids similar to week-ago levels and the aggressive buying lifted calf prices back up to levels similar […]

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Grains see flat demand, price movement

Oct. 27, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Recent demand for feed grains from feedlots has been in a standstill, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “It’s been flat, probably since the end of September. We haven’t seen any big changes when it comes to demand or prices,” she […]

By Adam Peleshaty