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Klassen: Feeder market incorporates risk premium

By Jerry Klassen April 9, 2019

Fed and feeder cattle markets have incorporated a risk premium due to the uncertainty in beef production. Adverse weather has plagued much of the U.S. Midwest over the past couple of months and the six- to 10-day forecast calls for above-normal precipitation. Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$3 higher on average […] Read more

The need for shorter time on a truck could mean the need for more rest stop facilities.

Livestock, News

Amended transportation regulations premature: beef industry

The number of hours an animal can be on a truck will drop by 25 per cent to 36 hours without rest, feed and water

By Lois Harris April 1, 2019

The federal government’s amendments to the transport of animals regulations are causing controversy among cattle producers. The new rules were introduced Feb. 20 and are scheduled to take effect in February 2020. Why it matters: Cattle producers and truckers will have to adhere to new transportation regulations that may be premature, affecting animals and producers’ […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle drop further on rising supply, weak cash prices

By Karl Plume March 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures dropped for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, pressured by weaker cash cattle prices and seasonally rising supplies, traders said. Technical selling further weighed on the market, sending the spot contract to the lowest level in nearly six weeks. “We’re going to be coming […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

By Julie Ingwersen March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose Tuesday, with the benchmark June contract hitting a high as poor feedlot conditions in portions of the U.S. Plains raised concerns about beef supplies, traders said. Lean hogs closed lower in a profit-taking setback from contract highs set a day earlier. Fat cattle futures […] Read more

CME April 2019 live cattle, with August 2019 live cattle in brown. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market holds value

By Jerry Klassen March 12, 2019

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Buying interest for yearlings was somewhat stronger while calves in the eastern Prairie regions were softer. Moderate temperatures are in the seven-day forecast for most of Western Canada, so the risk discount due to adverse weather has evaporated. Barley jumped an additional […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news

By Karl Plume March 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures retreated on Wednesday after four straight sessions of gains in a technical and profit-taking setback from two-week highs as investors awaited new developments in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Cattle futures also fell broadly, although worries about a late-winter snowstorm forecast for the beef cattle-producing U.S. Plains underpinned the […] Read more

Barley. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie wheat, barley prices still look good

By Glen Hallick January 31, 2019

Prices for feed wheat and barley in Western Canada are doing pretty good, according to Nelson Neumann of Agfinity in Edmonton. Feed wheat is up to $6 per bushel in the Edmonton area and about $250 per tonne in the Lethbridge area, he said. Feed barley was still quite strong, although the price had softened […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market easily absorbs adverse weather

By Jerry Klassen January 29, 2019

Western Canadian feeder markets were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels but there were a couple of unique characteristics in certain regions. Quality yearling packages were $2-$4 higher in Alberta but fleshier replacements were discounted. Eastern Prairie regions had grass cattle under 600 lbs. trading $3 to as much as $8 above week-ago levels. Order buyers […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Fed cattle market lifts feeder prices

By Jerry Klassen January 14, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $4 on either side of unchanged. Early in the week, the market was rather sluggish but a fortuitous bounce in the live cattle futures quickly spilled over into the feeder complex. Yearlings and heavier calves ended the week $2 to $4 higher. Feeding margins are […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices higher than last year

By Ashley Robinson January 3, 2019

CNS Canada — Nice weather over the holidays allowed for good movement of feed grains in Western Canada, with prices steady to above year-ago levels. “I would say we cruised through Christmas and (the) New Year holidays fairly well. Not a lot of massive panic. We had nice weather which really helped, loads continued to […] Read more

Tag Archives Feedlot — page 14

Klassen: Feeder market incorporates risk premium

Amended transportation regulations premature: beef industry

U.S. livestock: Cattle drop further on rising supply, weak cash prices

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

Klassen: Feeder market holds value

U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie wheat, barley prices still look good

Klassen: Feeder market easily absorbs adverse weather

Klassen: Fed cattle market lifts feeder prices

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices higher than last year

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