Insights and Stories on Markets

Klassen: Demand surges for grass cattle

Apr. 11, 2023 at 6:03 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$4 on either side of unchanged. Certain auction markets did not have sales due to the shortened holiday week. Adverse weather also shuttered some sales on Wednesday and Thursday in the eastern Prairie region. Southern Alberta feedlots are contending with […]

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices still historically high, but face headwinds

Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:43 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Alberta fed cattle lead feeder market higher

Apr. 4, 2023 at 8:22 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Organic price quotes: Late March

Mar. 31, 2023 at 2:44 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

All quiet on the organic front

Mar. 31, 2023 at 2:43 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Feed weekly outlook: Prices continue to soften as April approaches

Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn is still moving into feedlots in southern Alberta as it approaches not only the end of its contracts, but also the end of winter. “We’ve been seeing here in Lethbridge prices at $395-$400 per tonne ($10.03-$10.16 per bushel),” said Erin Harakal, trade manager at Agfinity Inc. at […]

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Not a matter of when, but where canola peaks

Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the rally in canola on ICE Futures continued Wednesday, an analyst stressed it’s not when this upswing ends, but where. David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg spoke of when canola prices were falling, and they broke through that psychological barrier of $800 per tonne on their […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders await stocks, plantings reports

Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will play close attention to a pair of reports due out from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday at 11 a.m. CT. The Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports will provide a glimpse as to how much of […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Klassen: Feeder market eyes feed grain complex

Mar. 27, 2023 at 11:19 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $2 higher on average. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $353-$357/cwt delivered last week, up from the average price of $348/cwt delivered seven days earlier. Strength in the fed cattle […]

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Domestic grain prices slipping

Mar. 23, 2023 at 8:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Feed wheat and barley prices in Western Canada have slowly trended lower over the past few months, with prices for both grains now on par with imported corn from the U.S. into Alberta’s key Lethbridge feedlot alley. All three grains are trading at around $410 per tonne into […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin