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Klassen: Feeder market recovers on strong demand

By Jerry Klassen February 18, 2025

For the week ending February 15, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to five dollars higher on average compared to seven days earlier. The market has recovered after the recent stretch of adverse weather and the U.S. tariff threat in early February.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed Wednesday

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 12, 2025

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mixed Wednesday, with gains in the feeder market and a steady tone in the live cattle market as values retreated from earlier advances.

Cattle grazing on a range infested with velvet lupine in eastern Washington state. Producers will want to know in advance about any potentially hazardous plant life before turning cattle out on unfamiliar land.

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Prevention and responsibility can be shared

Animal Health: Crop growers and cattle producers can benefit by working together

By Roy Lewis February 10, 2025

In writing for the past several years for Grainews it was nice trying to create articles that had application to the cattle, grain and mixed farmers out there. Better long-term solutions are created by looking from both sides of the fence at a problem. These create win-win situations, where both sides of a deal, trade […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle prices pull back

Slaughter numbers down for cattle

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 7, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were steady to lower on Friday, as the slaughter was behind pace.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs higher

Strong export sales for cattle, hogs

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 6, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped back on Thursday, despite strong export sales. The United States Department of Agriculture reported export sales of 24,907 tonnes for the week ended Jan. 30. That’s up 23.5 per cent from the previous week and the most since August. The April live cattle contract […] Read more

Atypical interstitial pneumonia (AIP) before they see it is a deadly disease that often plagues cattle in feedlots, but the cause of this illness is largely a mystery. Photo: Canada Beef

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on strong exports

Hog exports have second best December

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 5, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were higher on Wednesday

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U.S. livestock: Cattle continue downward, hogs turnaround

U.S.,China impose tariffs on each other

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 4, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Tuesday as the selloff continued.

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Klassen: Western Canadian feeder markets set fresh high amid tariff threat

By Jerry Klassen February 4, 2025

For the week ending February 1, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $8 per hundredweight higher compared to seven days earlier. In some cases, larger packages of quality genetics were up as much $15/cwt from the prior week.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures pull back to start February

Trump delays tariffs on Mexico

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 3, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange stepped back on Monday, moving further away from highs reached in late January.

When a heifer calves, she’s hopefully worth at least as much as when she was a bred heifer — and probably retains that value for at least a couple of years.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Flipping cow depreciation on its head

Costs of Production: Open cows have a huge effect — especially when they are two-year-olds

By Sean McGrath February 1, 2025

I am keenly interested in cow depreciation and in fact have written about it in past Grainews columns. It is one of the largest direct expenses on a cow-calf operation — usually only behind feed — and it is worth touching on again in the wake of current record-high prices. First as a reminder, Figure […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder market recovers on strong demand

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed Wednesday

Prevention and responsibility can be shared

U.S. livestock: Cattle prices pull back

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs higher

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on strong exports

U.S. livestock: Cattle continue downward, hogs turnaround

Klassen: Western Canadian feeder markets set fresh high amid tariff threat

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures pull back to start February

Flipping cow depreciation on its head

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