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Klassen: Demand surges for beef, live cattle and feeder cattle

By Jerry Klassen January 14, 2025

For the week ending January 11, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were up $15-$20/cwt compared to the week ending December 21, 2024. In eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, quality packages of steers 800 pounds and over traded $20/cwt to $25/cwt higher compared to three weeks earlier.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live, feeder cattle dip; hogs rise

By Geralyn Wichers January 13, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures dipped on Monday after reaching record highs last week. Most active February live cattle closed at 197.400 cents per pound, down 1.375 cents from Friday. The second-most active April futures closed at 198.200, down 1.275 cents.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle add to gains; exports up year-over-year in November

By Geralyn Wichers January 10, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures added small gains to contract highs, Friday. Most active February live cattle futures closed at 198.775 cents per pound, up 1.175 cents from Thursday. April live cattle were up 1.200 cents to 199.475 cents a pound.

There’s more labour needed to manage artificial insemination, but it can improve the rate of genetic gain.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Increasing AI use has many advantages

Animal Health: There are improved technologies for breeding and synchronization, for which AI makes more sense

By Roy Lewis January 10, 2025

Over the last decade or so, artificial insemination (AI), not to be confused with the other AI (artificial intelligence), has seen an upsurge in the commercial cattle population. This has been happening for a lot longer in the purebred cattle industry and a lot of the reasons are the same. If one is considering AI […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures take back losses to hit fresh highs

By Geralyn Wichers January 9, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures hit fresh highs on Thursday after Wednesday’s technical reversal.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures fall; lean hogs make slight gains

By Geralyn Wichers January 8, 2025

Most active February live cattle futures settled at 193.700 cents per pound, down 1.875 cents a pound from Tuesday. March live cattle futures fell 2.025 cents per pound to 266.025 cents a pound.

Gregory and his mare, Reba, go around the cows as we round them up to sort their calves off to take to market or take home for weaning.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Good weather holds through harvest

Eppich News: Wandering cows and calves made rounding them up a challengee

By Heather Eppich January 8, 2025

On Sept. 30, Gregory drove John and Barb to Saskatoon because Barb was experiencing severe pain in her side. She’s had trouble with her gall bladder for quite a while, but this time it was too much. She was supposed to have emergency surgery that day but ended up being pushed off until the next […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. Livestock: Cattle futures running into resistance at highs

By Geralyn Wichers, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 7, 2025

Cattle futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to rise Tuesday. Most active February live cattle futures ended up 0.375 cents per pound at 195.575 cents a pound. Values hit fresh highs in many months, although ideas the market was looking overbought tempered the advances.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Stronger fed market to pull up feeder complex

By Jerry Klassen January 7, 2025

The Alberta fed cattle market was quoted on a live basis in the range of range of $262-$265/cwt fob feedlot last week. Fed cattle forward contracts for March and April delivery (Alberta) were quoted from $270 to $272/cwt. Compared to last week of November 2024, fed prices are up $20/cwt on average.

Photo: Michelle Erickson-Jones/iStock/Getty Images

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. Livestock: Falling temps boost cattle futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 6, 2025

Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger Monday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months as forecasts calling for cold temperatures across United States ranching areas raised concerns over reduced weight gains for grazing cattle.

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

Cow-calf

Klassen: Demand surges for beef, live cattle and feeder cattle

U.S. livestock: Live, feeder cattle dip; hogs rise

U.S. livestock: Cattle add to gains; exports up year-over-year in November

Increasing AI use has many advantages

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures take back losses to hit fresh highs

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures fall; lean hogs make slight gains

Good weather holds through harvest

U.S. Livestock: Cattle futures running into resistance at highs

Klassen: Stronger fed market to pull up feeder complex

U.S. Livestock: Falling temps boost cattle futures

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