Insights and Stories on Markets

Klassen: Barley price forecasts enhance feeder cattle demand

Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:19 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged. Heifer and steer calves were quoted steady to $3 lower on average but the market was harder to define due to limited numbers. Small packages of calves of various quality resulted in the wide-ranging price structure. Buying interest for […]

Feed weekly outlook: Rains boost Prairie grain prospects

Jun. 16, 2022 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Other factors trump seasonal pressure on canola

Jun. 15, 2022 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Rains enhance demand for grass cattle

Jun. 14, 2022 at 12:38 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Hog sector to focus on margins in face of outside volatility

Jun. 13, 2022 at 8:18 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat up, durum pulls back

Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were mixed during the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats incurred moderate gains, as Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) fell back. Good upticks in the U.S. wheat complex fueled price increases in Western […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices slip slightly

Jun. 9, 2022 at 6:39 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There has been scant movement in feed grain prices over the last week, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, who noted demand has backed off a little. Buyers have stepped away following rains throughout much of the province, including the drought-stricken south. In turn, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Weather in focus for canola traders

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts hit their lowest levels in two months during the first week of June but uncovered support to the downside to recover on Wednesday and hold rangebound overall. While crush margins are still well off the levels seen at this time a year ago, they […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Negative feeding margins temper strength in feeder market

Jun. 7, 2022 at 4:42 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings weighing over 800 lbs. traded steady to $2 lower on average. Feeder cattle under 800 lbs. were relatively unchanged. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis at an average price of $288 delivered, down from the range of $288-$290 seven […]

By Jerry Klassen

‘Petro-plectic’ anger rises toward fuel prices

Jun. 6, 2022 at 9:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fuel prices are very likely to continue to increase with summer approaching, according to Tom Kloza, the Florida-based global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Services. “I wish I could say there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, but I would say right now, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm