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Klassen: Feedlots curb buying interest

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen November 16, 2015

Despair is the price one pays for setting an impossible aim. Given the phone calls over the past week, producers have been expecting something the market cannot offer. Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were under severe pressure, with 700-plus-pound cattle down $8-$12 from seven days earlier; calves under 700 lbs. traded $4-$8 below week-ago levels.

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Klassen: Feeder cattle prices stabilize

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen October 19, 2015

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices stabilized over the past week, trading $5 to $8 higher in comparison to seven days earlier. In Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan, calves traded up $10 to $15 higher largely due to a resumption in U.S. buying interest. The market was functioning to encourage demand, and with prices $25 to $30

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U.S. livestock: Higher cash price outlook lifts CME live cattle

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 14, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained on Wednesday, supported by rising wholesale beef values that could help strengthen cash prices as early as Thursday, traders said. Spot October closed 1.325 cents/lb. higher at 133.75 cents, and December up 0.225 cent to 137.425 (all figures US$). Wednesday afternoon’s wholesale choice beef

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U.S. livestock: Bump in beef price extends CME live cattle gains

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 8, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose for a third straight session Thursday, helped by more short-covering following a morning jump in wholesale beef quotes, traders said. Spot October finished 1.825 cents/lb. higher at 131.175 cents, and December up 1.525 cents at 137.675 (all figures US$). Thursday morning’s wholesale choice beef price,

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Volatility prompts CME to raise live cattle margins

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 8, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group, the world’s largest livestock futures market operator, has raised margin rates for live cattle futures for the second week in a row after dramatic swings in the market, an exchange spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. Late on Wednesday the Chicago Mercantile Exchange raised its live cattle initial margins for

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U.S. livestock: Short-covering drives CME live cattle higher

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 7, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, fuelled by active short-covering in anticipation of cash and wholesale beef prices bottoming out soon, traders said. Spot October finished 4.225 cents/lb. higher at 129.35 cents, and December up 2.925 cents at 136.15 (all figures US$). “So many of these holders of

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on beef bounce

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 6, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished up their three-cent-per-pound daily price limit on Tuesday, driven by short-covering and bargain hunting following the spike in wholesale beef prices, traders said. Spot October and December finished at 125.125 and 133.225 cents, respectively (all figures US$). Live cattle’s trading limit will be expanded to

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Klassen: Feeder cattle prices collapse

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen October 5, 2015

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were traded $15 to $25 below week-ago levels, suffering one of the largest declines in history. Heavier replacement cattle led the market lower, trading down $20 from week-ago levels, while feeders under 600 pounds dropped $10 to $12 on average. Feedlot operators pulled in the reins, as fed cattle dropped

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Klassen: Feeder cattle market remains under pressure

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen September 28, 2015

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $3 to $7 lower in comparison to week-ago levels as the market continues to digest the weaker fed market and softer wholesale beef values. Feedlot operators were more cautious, realizing the current prices don’t pencil profitably, while the deferred live cattle futures dropped like a power window. Financial risk

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Canadians love meat, but don’t take them for granted

Demand should stay strong despite higher prices, but cases of meat fraud  could undermine consumer confidence

By Sylvain Charlebois September 7, 2015

What do Confucius, Albert Einstein and Leonardo Di Vinci have in common? Well, not much professionally, but they were all vegetarians. Einstein once claimed that, “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” With recent record meat prices, some might

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Tag Archives beef prices

Klassen: Feedlots curb buying interest

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices stabilize

U.S. livestock: Higher cash price outlook lifts CME live cattle

U.S. livestock: Bump in beef price extends CME live cattle gains

Volatility prompts CME to raise live cattle margins

U.S. livestock: Short-covering drives CME live cattle higher

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on beef bounce

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices collapse

Klassen: Feeder cattle market remains under pressure

Canadians love meat, but don’t take them for granted

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