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Klassen: Feeder cattle continue climb

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Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were $4 to $6 per hundredweight (cwt) higher last week with quality mid-weight cattle showing a week-over-week increase of $10/cwt. Feeding margins have been in positive territory since the beginning of the year, reaching over $200 per head in some cases, which is the main factor driving feeder cattle higher.
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Manitoba joins the livestock price insurance club

New livestock price insurance program will run as a pilot program for four years, 
then be assessed for effectiveness

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In a move that surprised no one, the provincial government formally announced Manitoba will take part in the newly created Western Livestock Price Insurance Program last week. The province’s intention to create a livestock insurance program for hog and beef producers was outlined in last November’s speech from the throne, and representatives from Manitoba Agriculture,
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

WTO hears new COOL didn’t reduce grief for Canadian producers

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Canadian cattle and hog producer groups report a “noteworthy” admission from U.S. officials on the effects of Washington’s revised country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules, during Canada’s latest challenge against COOL at the World Trade Organization. According to officials from the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, during WTO compliance panel hearings on COOL held Tuesday and Wednesday in Geneva,
Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market sets new records

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Western Canadian feeder cattle prices set new record highs at most auction barns last week. It appears that pen closeouts are profitable by approximately $200/head and feedlot operators are anxious to reload. Buying interest for grassers is also starting to step forward and backgrounding operators were actively buying lighter weight cattle, lifting prices for calves
Picture of Plains Processors facility.
Beef cattle, Livestock, News, Other livestock

New Carman beef slaughter plant targets spring opening

Rising cost of trucking means the future belongs to small regional slaughter plants, says owner

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Construction of Manitoba’s first new federally inspected slaughter plant in decades is steaming along, and its owner expects 50-75 head of cattle per week to start coming down the ramp early this spring. “The engineers tell me we’re going to be killing cattle by the end of March,” said Calvin Vaags, owner of the slaughter
Jim Lintott, grass-fed cattle producer.
Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Strong demand for direct-marketed, grass-fed beef

Successful forage-finished beef entrepreneurs share marketing strategies at Ag Days

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It takes longer and costs more to produce grass-finished beef, but Jim Lintott’s customers are willing to pay the asking price. The key is quality, which he describes as job No. 1. “I’ve almost never had a consumer tell me, Jim, your rib-eye steak at $17.99 a pound — twice what it’s worth at Safeway
Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market stalls at higher levels

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A sharp drop in wholesale beef prices, along with softer fed cattle values, caused the feeder market to finally run into some resistance last week. Adverse weather also tempered buying enthusiasm for lighter-weight cattle, with dreadful temperatures reported across most of Western Canada. The feeder market is indeed functioning to encourage production and ration demand,

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