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Cattle weather heavy snow near Belmont, Man., in mid- to late April.
Livestock, News

Calving losses add insult to injury

Three Colorado lows in as many weeks, mixed with cold in between, has winnowed an already small calf crop

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Iain Aitken was about two-thirds of the way done calving in the last week of April, but he’d already seen twice the calf losses he’d expect in a full season. About half of those, he estimated, were direct losses from the weather — the unfortunate legacy of a string of Colorado lows that dropped well
CME June 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease

Cash prices maintain against lower futures

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Chicago | Reuters — CME Group live cattle futures eased on Wednesday, pressured as processors pull market-ready cattle forward heading into the late spring, analysts said. June live cattle futures are discounted versus the cash market, creating an incentive to sell before cash falls. “We’re going to start narrowing up cash and the June board,”
CME July 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50-, 100- and 200-day moving averages (pink, brown, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop to January lows

Lower grain values continue to lift cattle

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Chicago | Reuters — CME lean hog futures on Tuesday dropped to their lowest prices since January on technical selling and concerns about risks to demand for U.S. meat, brokers said. U.S. pork exports to China have tumbled this year as Chinese producers rebuild their herds after outbreaks of the pig disease African swine fever.
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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlot demand up prior to seasonal rally

Market for calves 'boiling hot' in Manitoba

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For the week ending April 30, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable. Yearlings traded $8 lower as much as $5 higher. Severe discounts were noted on fleshier cattle; some auction barns reported the bulk of cattle over 800 pounds were medium to heavier flesh. Deferred live cattle futures were under pressure but the
CME August 2022 feeder cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle futures firm on weaker corn

China's COVID lockdowns pressure CME hogs

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Chicago | Reuters — CME live and feeder cattle futures firmed on Monday, supported by lower corn futures, an input cost to feeder cattle, analysts said. “The big driver there was just lower corn,” said Josh Steinhilber, broker at Cattlehedgers.com. “We got spillover into the live cattle.” CME August feeder cattle added 5.8 cents, to
Feeder cattle prices steady, slaughter bids rising
Livestock Markets, Markets

Feeder cattle prices steady, slaughter bids rising

Canadian beef is being sought after as import volumes decrease

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While prices for feeder cattle have stayed flat ever since the start of 2022, slaughter cattle have seen a rise in prices, according to a cattle marketing analyst. Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange at Taber, Alta. said prices for feeder cattle were rangebound during the first quarter of 2022, despite choppiness along the way.
CME June 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 30-, 40- and 200-day moving averages (pink, brown, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures weak as feeding costs rise

Corn's 'unending rally' drags on feeder cattle

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Chicago | Reuters — CME cattle futures fell on Wednesday as traders assessed higher feeding costs due to a sharp gains in corn. Hog futures were also weak, falling for the sixth time in seven sessions, with prospects for more COVID-19 lockdowns in China further chilling the already weak export demand from the world’s top
We should all use our skills to diagnose, confirm and search out other potentials in the herd to really cut down the transmission rate.
Beef cattle, Livestock

We can’t hide our head in the sand when it comes to Johne’s disease

Beef 911: There are concerns that this contagious, costly and chronic condition is on the rise in beef herds

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There has been lots said about Johne’s disease over the years but a recent webinar by Dr. Cheryl Waldner (available at beefresearch.ca) gave me lots of food for thought. Herds are getting bigger and as that happens, they are more confined. And since the bacterium that causes Johne’s can be spread in the manure, infection

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