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Klassen: Highs in place for the feeder market

By Jerry Klassen October 7, 2025

For the week ending October 4, Western Canadian grass yearling markets traded steady to $5-$8/cwt lower on average compared to seven days earlier. Backgrounded yearlings were down $5-$12/cwt. Calf markets were down $5 to $10/cwt from a week earlier. There was an influx of calves over the past week which resulted in the softer tone

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Manitoba cattle prices – Oct. 3

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 4, 2025

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U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 19, 2025

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Friday, with positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest cattle on feed report behind much of the activity. The report came out after the markets closed, with placements in August down 10 per cent on the year at 1.78 million head and marketings

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Manitoba tick study focuses on testing, other carriers for anaplasmosis

University of Manitoba researchers look into effects of tick and fly diseases in cattle, seek ranchers to participate

By Melissa Jeffers-bezan September 13, 2025

Manitoba research explores anaplasmosis transmission from ticks and, maybe, flies, as well as laying hopeful groundwork for a better test to detect infection in cattle.

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets mostly higher

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 8, 2025

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mostly higher on Monday, although the nearby October live cattle contract settled with small losses at the final bell. The October live cattle contract lost 0.175 cents per pound at 235.800 cents while the December contract was up 0.125 cents at 237.575 cents. October feeder cattle futures

A University of Saskatchewan grad student has been researching how to use ergot-affected grain for feedlot cattle. Photo: File

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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures

September 5, 2025

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Friday, with chart-based positioning a feature as the market continued to back away from nearby record highs. The United States Department of Agriculture reported weekly U.S. beef export sales of 16,600 tonnes, which was up 22 per cent on the week and 51 per cent

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Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back

Expected to drop passed last year’s lows

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 29, 2025

As the harvest in southern Alberta presses on, a broker said that is one of the factors pulling feed prices lower in the region. Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, added that lower cattle numbers in feedlots, plentiful amounts of grass for cattle to graze and a lacklustre export market also weighed on feed prices.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb higher to end week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 15, 2025

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Friday, finding some support from fresh details on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plans to deal with new world screwworm.

Animal health worker Eduardo Lugo treats the wounds of a cow as Chihuahua ranchers intensify surveillance for the screwworm after the U.S. suspended cattle imports following the detection of the parasite in southern Mexico, at the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union, in Nuevo Palomas, Mexico May 16, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez

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USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

Sterile flys to keep infection out of U.S.

By Leah Douglas, Reuters, Tom Polansek August 15, 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight the flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday, Aug. 15.

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Klassen: Lower U.S. calf crop supports Canadian feeder cattle market

By Jerry Klassen July 29, 2025

For the week ending July 26, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. Yearlings off grass weighing 900 pounds plus were very strong and may have been up $3 to $5 from the previous week.

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Klassen: Highs in place for the feeder market

Manitoba cattle prices – Oct. 3

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

Manitoba tick study focuses on testing, other carriers for anaplasmosis

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets mostly higher

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures

Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb higher to end week

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

Klassen: Lower U.S. calf crop supports Canadian feeder cattle market

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