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Manitoba fall cattle run comes to an end

Local beef plants showed some demand for slaughter cattle

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 25, 2020

The fall run in the Manitoba cattle industry largely wrapped up on the week ended Dec. 17. As that large influx of cattle came to an end for 2020, prices for feeders were down a few cents per pound and those for slaughter were up a few cents, according to Harold Unrau, manager of the

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Beef sector mobilizes against supply disruptions

Keeping border open, meeting demand for beef are top priorities

By Alexis Kienlen, GFM Network News March 21, 2020

Teams of livestock and government officials are quickly creating plans and policies to keep the sector functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the executive vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “Our primary objective obviously is to insure there is stable beef production and trade that can continue under the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic,” Dennis

Livestock, Markets

Livestock auction marts to decide on next steps

Livestock Marketing Association of Canada pondering next move in face of pandemic

By Alexis Kienlen, GFM Network News March 17, 2020

You may want to call first to see if it’s open, but many auction marts in Alberta were still having sales on Tuesday morning. The Livestock Marketing Association of Canada has a conference call set for this evening to discuss COVID-19 safety measures for staff, customers and buyers, said Chance Martin, an LMAC director and

Livestock Markets, Markets

Snowstorm leads to snow day for Manitoba cattle auctions

Economic uncertainty drags on the Canadian dollar

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm March 16, 2018

The late-winter snowstorm which hit Western Canada the first weekend in March caused auction marts across Manitoba to cancel sales. “I don’t think anybody sold anything until (Thursday). We had no cattle at all, either sale. And Brandon had no cattle, Killarney had no cattle,” said Robin Hill of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden. Of

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Softer fed cattle market weighs on feeder prices

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen August 10, 2015

Western Canadian feeder cattle traded at similar levels to seven days earlier on very light volumes and little buying interest. Most auction barns were closed and cattle buyers are on holidays, so drawing market information is like the young cowboy at the high school dance — his mind is anywhere but on the markets. Limited

TMX Group, shown here closing the TSX for the day at a Calgary Stampede event in 2012, has announced plans for AgriClear, a new online sales platform for cattle marketing. (CNW Group/TMX)

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

TMX turning to cattle sales

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 16, 2015

Reuters — TMX Group, operator of Canada’s TSX stock exchange, hopes to rope a piece of the $90 billion North America cattle sector, and said Tuesday it would offer the continent’s first online sales platform of its kind. The expansion into a new business comes weeks after the TMX completed a six-month operations review, which

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Manitoba fall cattle run comes to an end

Beef sector mobilizes against supply disruptions

Livestock auction marts to decide on next steps

Snowstorm leads to snow day for Manitoba cattle auctions

Klassen: Softer fed cattle market weighs on feeder prices

TMX turning to cattle sales

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