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Cattle prices seen as strong for year to come

CNS Canada –– Canada’s cattle industry should continue to see high prices for animals at auctions over the next year or so while operators try to rebuild their herds, industry participants predict. “Typical risks for cattle prices are the Canadian dollar and feed costs for cow-calf producers and feeders,” said Brian Perillat, a manager and […] Read more


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Klassen: Feeder cattle market ends on mixed tone

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets have ended the year on a mixed tone with most auction barns closed for the holiday season. Alberta packers were buying limited volumes of fed steers at $178 per hundredweight (cwt), down from highs of $183 earlier in December. The uncertainty over feedlot margins for the first and second quarters […] Read more



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Pork, poultry to dictate future cattle prices, analyst says

CNS Canada –– Increased competition from pork and poultry may be the factors that ultimately stop skyrocketing beef prices across North America, according to one cattle market analyst. “We’ve had a phenomenal year of demand for beef and prices have been record-high right through the whole pipeline so the question we’re all asking now is […] Read more