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Klassen: Feeder cattle market ends on mixed tone

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen December 29, 2014

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets have ended the year on a mixed tone with most auction barns closed for the holiday season. Alberta packers were buying limited volumes of fed steers at $178 per hundredweight (cwt), down from highs of $183 earlier in December. The uncertainty over feedlot margins for the first and second quarters

Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs climb on short-covering before USDA report

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters December 23, 2014

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher on Tuesday on short-covering ahead of the Christmas holiday and before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly hog report at 2 p.m. CST (2000 GMT), traders said. Analysts expect the report, which will be released while Globex hog futures are trading, to show herd

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen — feeder cattle market reflects mixed tone

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen November 3, 2014

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices reflected a mixed tone over the past week with values $3 to $5 higher on vaccinated preconditioned calves; unvaccinated calves just off their mothers were $3/cwt to as much as $10/cwt lower in some cases. Yearling prices were also quite variable by as much as $10/cwt despite the tightening supply

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Manitoba launches livestock price insurance for cattle, hogs

The program based on Western Canada prices offers better protection than CME futures hedging

By Daniel Winters April 23, 2014

A new price insurance scheme for Manitoba livestock producers has officially been launched, but whether there will be a stampede through the gate remains to be seen. Applications for the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP), a new tool to manage risk and withstand market volatility, were unveiled last week by Food and Rural Development

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

U.S. cattle herd declines but northern states see increases

By Tim Petry March 1, 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the much-anticipated “Cattle” report on Feb 1. The semi-annual inventory report confirmed what many cattle market observers had expected: The record-setting drought in the southern Plains in 2011 that expanded into much of the country, including the Corn Belt in 2012, caused lower cattle numbers.

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

North/south split in U.S. cattle trends

By Tim Petry February 23, 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the much-anticipated “Cattle” report on Feb. 1. The semi-annual inventory report confirmed what many cattle market observers had expected: The record-setting drought in the southern Plains in 2011 that expanded into much of the country, including the Corn Belt in 2012, caused lower cattle numbers.

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Good demand lifts feeder cattle at lighter weights

By Terryn Shiells February 15, 2013

Feeder cattle prices were mostly stronger during the week ended Feb. 8 at auction yards across Manitoba, with the exception of heifers that weighed more than 650 pounds. There are more heifers around over 650 lbs. in the province, but Allan Munroe at Killarney Auction Mart isn’t sure that’s why their prices weren’t as strong

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Fall calf run finally in full swing

By Terryn Shiells November 9, 2012

The fall calf run was finally in full swing at cattle auction yards across Manitoba during the week ended October 26. “The calf run was slow to come,” Rick Wright, a buyer with Heartland Order Buying Company said. “Up until this week, we were probably running at about 70 per cent of the calves that

Livestock, News

Producers cash out before calf market nosedives

By Daniel Winters October 10, 2012

With his calculator at the ready beside him, Pipestone-area rancher Bob Forder watched as the first lot of “good solid” black calves at Heartland Livestock Services’ first fall pre-sort sale came through the ring. When the bidding stopped at $1.725 per pound for the lot averaging 533 lbs, a fellow in the row in front of him turned

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Stronger supplies meet strong demand at auctions

By Terryn Shiells September 22, 2012

Activity was back in the full swing of things at sale auction yards across Manitoba during the week ended Sept. 14. All sale yards were holding cattle sales again after many took some summer holidays. Volume at most yards saw a pickup during the week, as more calves and yearlings were ready to be sold.

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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Klassen: Feeder cattle market ends on mixed tone

U.S. livestock: Hogs climb on short-covering before USDA report

Klassen — feeder cattle market reflects mixed tone

Manitoba launches livestock price insurance for cattle, hogs

U.S. cattle herd declines but northern states see increases

North/south split in U.S. cattle trends

Good demand lifts feeder cattle at lighter weights

Fall calf run finally in full swing

Producers cash out before calf market nosedives

Stronger supplies meet strong demand at auctions

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