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Klassen: Lower beef production forecasts support feeder complex

By Jerry Klassen May 27, 2025

Improving feedlot margins contributed to the stronger feeder market. Alberta packers were buying finished cattle on a dressed basis at $500/cwt delivered which was fresh record high. Using a 60 per cent grading, this equates to a live price of $300/cwt. Feedlot breakeven pen closeouts are in the range of $260-$270/cwt. Feedlots are anxious to reload and larger groups of quality packages are limited at this time of year.

One buyer is predicting a strong market for organic yellow peas in 2018. Photo: Thinkstock

Crops, Markets

Pulse Weekly: Pulse Canada awaits India decision on peas

India, like China, could put tariffs on Canadian peas

By Adam Peleshaty May 27, 2025

Pulse Canada is in anticipation of a decision by India whether or not to impose tariffs on Canadian yellow peas beginning June 1.

Canola, Markets

ICE Weekly: No end to July canola’s rise: trader

July canola may have more room to grow

By Adam Peleshaty May 21, 2025

A Winnipeg-based trader is very bullish on July canola, due to depleted stocks and ongoing export demand.

Cattle graze in Manitoba’s Parkland region. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Buying interest for feeder cattle subsides

By Jerry Klassen May 20, 2025

For the week ending May 16, Western Canadian feeder markets were steady to $6 higher on average compared to seven days earlier. Heifers were relatively unchanged but steers were notably stronger, especially on replacements over 800 pounds.

Barley, Corn, Livestock, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still in demand at feedlots

Barley prices to stay put for now: trader

By Adam Peleshaty May 15, 2025

Feed barley is still in demand at feedlots in Lethbridge, but prices will remain steady for the time being, according to a Saskatoon-area trader.

Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Saskatchewan pea plantings progress

Seeding to be complete in the southeast “in a matter of days”

By Adam Peleshaty May 13, 2025

Pea and other pulse plantings in southeast Saskatchewan are progressing at a rapid pace thanks to timely rains in the region.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlot operators become cautious on purchases

By Jerry Klassen May 13, 2025

For the week ending May 10, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average. Quality packages of lighter calves were priced $10-$15 above week ago levels. Many auction barns are only holding sales every two or three weeks at this time of year with limited numbers on offer. This made the market hard to define in certain weight categories.

Columns, Machinery

This spring, all quiet on the machinery markets front

Canadian farmers in better position than their U.S. neighbours to acquire new machines

By Scott Garvey May 7, 2025

Given the Trump administration’s fluctuating tariff rules, delivery of new farm equipment has been disrupted in a manner that hasn’t existed since the Second World War.

Demand for organic pulses had been steadily rising before the COVID-19 outbreak, but supply chains are prepared to meet the new demand. Photo: File

Lentils, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Seeding begins in Saskatchewan

More lentils, fewer peas anticipated

By Adam Peleshaty May 6, 2025

Pulse seeding has already begun in Saskatchewan with the dry south putting in lentils, while other parts of the province make preparations.

File photo of cattle in a Kansas feedlot. (BeyondImages/E+/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market consolidates as supplies decrease

By Jerry Klassen May 6, 2025

For the week ending May 2, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. The heifer discount to steers continues to narrow. Steady buying interest from Ontario was noted in Manitoba and certain locations in Saskatchewan.

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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