Beef Cattle & Production Tips

Klassen: Feeder cattle follow live cattle futures higher

By Jerry Klassen March 25, 2025

For the week ending March 22, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average. Higher quality strings under 600 pounds traded $5 to as much as $10 higher in some cases but the lighter weight categories were quite variable across the Prairies.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Cow-Calf

How to manage Salmonella dublin on a cow-calf operation

Animal Health: The salmonella strain has become more common in Canada

By John Campbell March 23, 2025

Salmonella dublin is adapted to live in cattle, which remain the most important reservoir of this strain of the bacteria. It is also a strain of salmonella that’s very difficult to treat because it tends to be multi-drug resistant and will not respond to antibiotic therapy.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Markets

U.S. cattle herd contraction coming to an end

The Markets: Watch for calf prices to start to decline in 2026

By Jerry Klassen March 19, 2025

Beef calf price should continue to be strong in 2025, but a growing cow herd could mean lower prices in 2026.

Photo: Michelle Erickson-Jones/iStock/Getty Images

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed Tuesday

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 18, 2025

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mixed on Tuesday, seeing continued strength in the front months at the close while edging lower in the more deferred contracts.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Cow-Calf

Feed an all-star diet to your beef cows after calving

Better Bunks & Pastures: It pays to invest in cows to get them from calving to their next pregnancy

By Peter Vitti March 18, 2025

For a cow to feed a calf and retain its own body condition requires a good solid intake of essential nutrients. First-calf heifers also need more of the same nutrients to gain a couple of hundred pounds of weight as they grow into maturity.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market jumps back to historical highs

By Jerry Klassen March 18, 2025

For the week ending March 15, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $8-$12 higher compared to seven days earlier. Prices fully recovered from the prior week with values quoted at or near historical highs. Finishing feedlots were aggressive across all weight categories due to strength in the nearby and deferred live cattle futures. Once again, […] Read more

While feed grains are below year-ago levels, out-of-line price ratios are a cause for concern. PHOTO: Canada Beef Inc.

Barley, Beef Cattle, Corn, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed grains weekly: Looming tariffs scaring away demand

Feed market is ‘wait and see’ says broker

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 13, 2025

Ongoing tariff uncertainty continues to curtail demand in the feed sector across the Canadian Prairies, said broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

Bands impregnated with the painkiller lidocaine can provide pain relief for young calves.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Cow-Calf

Castration via banding makes gains in popularity, safety

Animal Health: Pain relief in the bands can make the experience less irritating for young calves

By Roy Lewis March 9, 2025

The first castration banders were likely developed to replace knife or scalpel castration. They were easy to use and eliminated the complications of infections and blood loss. Castration with a knife or scalpel is harder to master and animal welfare issues must be considered. Banders have been around for a while; I recently saw an […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Markets

Tariffs not on U.S. rancher radar

Cattle groups take their advocacy directly to U.S. livestock producers

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan March 9, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia — The Canadian Cattle Association says the threatened 25 per cent tariffs would cut Canadian wholesale beef prices by 13 per cent, but effects would be tempered slightly by a low Canadian dollar. “Obviously a huge blow to the benchmark beef price,” CCA vice-president Tyler Fulton says. “I think many of us would […] Read more

A technician reads DNA sequences at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center at Clay Center, Nebraska. The balance of producers' investment in cattle DNA testing versus the potential return to management is going to vary across operations.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

DNA testing can have value in commercial beef sector

Costs of Production: There are advantages to testing some cows, heifers, bulls and calves

By Sean McGrath March 7, 2025

There is growing interest in the commercial beef industry around using DNA to inform selection decisions. While traditionally the realm of the seedstock industry, commercial DNA testing and changes in the way we manage cattle have led to some big changes in how we think about genetic selection. DNA testing, in broad terms, means using […] Read more

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Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder cattle follow live cattle futures higher

How to manage Salmonella dublin on a cow-calf operation

U.S. cattle herd contraction coming to an end

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed Tuesday

Feed an all-star diet to your beef cows after calving

Klassen: Feeder cattle market jumps back to historical highs

Feed grains weekly: Looming tariffs scaring away demand

Castration via banding makes gains in popularity, safety

Tariffs not on U.S. rancher radar

DNA testing can have value in commercial beef sector

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