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Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady, demand quiet

By GFM Network News April 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Demand for feed grains has slowed down on the Prairies due to uncertainty in cattle markets posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many cattle processing and packing plants across North America have closed or slowed production due to lack of staff, leading to widespread issues in feed grain supply chains. “The lack of forward

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Klassen: Weaker fed cattle prices weigh on feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 15, 2020

It appears finishing feedlots and cattle buyers are coming to terms with the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic may last longer than earlier anticipated. The “hope” factor that this environment will be short-lived has evaporated. Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to as much as $10 lower, with yearlings absorbing

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Klassen: Feeder market experiences fortuitous bounce

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen March 31, 2020

Last week, the feeder market started on a very sluggish tone. Buyers were sitting back waiting for the market to establish direction. By Friday, yearling prices were up $2-$4 compared to seven days earlier, while calves were trading $4 to as much as $8 above week-ago levels. Cow-calf producers and backgrounding operators have been holding

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Stock market losses hurting cattle prices

Numbers of cattle at auctions were down from the previous week

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 20, 2020

To Robin Hill, the manager of Heartland Livestock Services’ Virden auction facility, this is far from a good time for Manitoba cattle auctions. That’s due to massive losses in stock markets, stemming from fears over effects the COVID-19 coronavirus could have on the global economy. The stock markets began to tumble as COVID-19 spread across

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Uncertainty drags on Canadian cattle markets

Beef demand is strong but cattle prices are under pressure, Canfax says

By Alexis Kienlen, GFM Network News March 17, 2020

Cattle markets have tumbled as a result of COVID-19, according to the senior analyst at Canfax. “Feeder markets are off pretty hard, some of them are off 15 to 20 cents a pound, this week,” Brian Perillat said Tuesday. “They have been depressed over the last month. Feedlots too. Fed price is at the low

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Coronavirus ends hopes for positive year for markets

Top importer China among the hardest hit, dampening demand

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 6, 2020

As 2020 began there was a lot of positive sentiment, with hopes that the year was going to be a good one for the cattle industry, said Brian Perillat, manager and senior analyst with CanFax. However, that has been changing with the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, as cattle auctions are not immune to what’s happening on

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Klassen: Coronavirus fears weigh on feeder markets

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen March 3, 2020

Western Canadian feeder prices were not immune to the meltdown of financial and commodity markets last week. Buyers appeared to incorporate a risk discount due to uncertainty in beef demand over the next few months. Compared to last week, larger groups of quality yearlings traded $3-$5 lower while smaller packages were down $4 to as

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Klassen: Calf prices divorce from yearling markets

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen February 18, 2020

Compared to last week, yearling prices were steady to as much as $4 lower depending on the region in Western Canada. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle at an average price of $252 on a dressed basis, down $6-$8 from last week and down about $20 from the last week of January. Weakness in fed

Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)

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Klassen: Uncertain beef demand weighs on feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen February 11, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian prices for yearling and heavier calves were down $2-$4 on average. The calf market was hard to define; Alberta markets traded $3 lower to $4 higher but notable strength was evident in Saskatchewan and Manitoba where values were steady to $4 higher. Favourable weather contributed to higher auction market

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Values steady at sales despite higher cattle volumes

Traffic was way up at Brandon, Grunthal, Killarney, Gladstone and Pipestone

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 7, 2020

Now fully into the new year, Manitoba’s livestock auction markets are expecting to see numbers of cattle increase in February and yet more toward spring. “It’s just getting started in the new year. The warm weather definitely helps,” said Harold Unrau of Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart. There were 759 feeder cattle and 170 slaughter cattle

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Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady, demand quiet

Klassen: Weaker fed cattle prices weigh on feeder market

Klassen: Feeder market experiences fortuitous bounce

Stock market losses hurting cattle prices

Uncertainty drags on Canadian cattle markets

Coronavirus ends hopes for positive year for markets

Klassen: Coronavirus fears weigh on feeder markets

Klassen: Calf prices divorce from yearling markets

Klassen: Uncertain beef demand weighs on feeder market

Values steady at sales despite higher cattle volumes

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