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Klassen: Weaker fed cattle pressure feeder market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News November 24, 2015

Alan Paton stated when men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it. The feeder cattle market is contending with a negative round of feeding margins over the next few months, which continues to result in weaker values. Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were generally $3 to $8 […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlots curb buying interest

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News November 16, 2015

Despair is the price one pays for setting an impossible aim. Given the phone calls over the past week, producers have been expecting something the market cannot offer. Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were under severe pressure, with 700-plus-pound cattle down $8-$12 from seven days earlier; calves under 700 lbs. traded $4-$8 below week-ago levels. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Sept. U.S. feedlot cattle placements near 20-year low

By GFM Network News October 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle moved into U.S. feedlots in September fell to its lowest since the government began compiling the data in 1996, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday. Last month’s placement results were nearly in line with analysts’ forecasts, mostly based on the fall in prices for […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Alta. feed prices hang steady despite swings in quality

By GFM Network News October 21, 2015

CNS Canada –– As harvest winds to a close across the Prairies, some feedlot operators say they’ve noticed more feed barley and feed wheat out there than they initially thought. The quality of the feed varies greatly, with some second-cut wheat being accepted as high-quality with reasonable protein, while other loads arrive with sprouting, bleaching […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Narrow margins weigh on feeder market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 24, 2015

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were under pressure the week ending Sept. 19, trading $5 to as much as $10 lower compared to seven days earlier. Negative feeding margins along with a major selloff in live cattle futures destroyed the buying enthusiasm that was evident earlier in August. Feedlot operators appeared to be in disarray, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Markets

Cattle market is a tough one to call

Risk of increased 2016 production could throw a wrench into prices

By Jerry Klassen September 9, 2015

This past spring, we saw the stars align with all major factors favouring higher beef and cattle prices. Moving into fall of 2015, the cattle market continues the transition phase with growing meat supplies along with softer consumer demand. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle at $182 in mid-August, which was down from the spring […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Lethbridge feed barley prices move upward, watch U.S. corn

By GFM Network News July 14, 2015

CNS Canada — Hot, dry conditions in Alberta and western Saskatchewan are delaying and stressing this year’s barley crop — but action in U.S. corn is now the barley market’s primary driver, according to one expert. “This recent rally in corn has helped barley and feed wheat move higher; we’re in a market driven by […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Fewer cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in May than anticipated

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots last month was lower than anticipated, a government report showed on Friday, reflecting healthy pastures that allowed ranchers to grow livestock longer outside of feedyards, said analysts. Producers retained more heifers to help restore the U.S. cattle herd, now at its third lowest […] Read more

Barley, Beef Cattle, Crops, Hogs, Markets

Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

By GFM Network News May 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Feedlot demand for cash barley is weakening slightly as cattle producers prepare to turn animals loose on pastures, but prices are still hanging in there, according to one participant. “Farmers aren’t really selling a whole lot at these levels,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in the feedlot alley near Lethbridge, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

More cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in March than expected

By GFM Network News April 25, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots last month was higher than expected due to an increase in the number of cattle that had grazed on pastures over the past few months, a government report showed on Friday. Cattle that had been fattened outside of feedlots for five consecutive months […] Read more

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Tag Archives feedlots

Klassen: Weaker fed cattle pressure feeder market

Klassen: Feedlots curb buying interest

Sept. U.S. feedlot cattle placements near 20-year low

Alta. feed prices hang steady despite swings in quality

Klassen: Narrow margins weigh on feeder market

Cattle market is a tough one to call

Lethbridge feed barley prices move upward, watch U.S. corn

Fewer cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in May than anticipated

Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

More cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in March than expected

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