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Guadalajara Simmental National Exhibition Grand Champion Bull Popeye, El Molino Ranch.

Canadian Simmental Association to host world congress

Purely Purebred, news from the November 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar November 20, 2023

Simmental breeders from around the world are coming to Alberta for the 2024 World Simmental Fleckvieh Congress from July 29-August 4, 2024. The World Simmental Fleckvieh Federation meets biannually at congresses, which are held in a different country each time. It has been 18 years since Canada hosted the congress and the Canadian Simmental Association […] Read more

Canada thistle can be controlled through grazing, while simultaneously providing nutrition to cows.

News, News Roundup

Producers can manage Canada thistle with rotational grazing

News Roundup from the December 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan November 20, 2023

For many cattle producers, Canada thistle is a perennial nuisance. As the most common weed found in Prairie pastures, the purple-flowered thistle is infamous for its ability to take over. Many producers aim to control it with herbicides. However, there may be a way to manage it with cattle grazing. Julia Smith with Small Scale […] Read more

Parasites

AUDIO: Managing resistant parasites in your cow herd

By Lisa Guenther November 20, 2023

Research indicates that internal parasite resistance to some dewormers is likely widespread, but there’s no simple solution. There are, however, approaches that can work, and some that likely won’t. Dr. John Gilleard, professor of parasitology at the University of Calgary, busts some myths about resistant parasites, explains how they evolve to become resistant and what […] Read more

CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise ahead of bullish data

December lean hogs lower

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News November 18, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures ended higher on Friday as livestock traders adjusted positions in the markets. After the close of trading, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued monthly data that showed producers placed 3.8 per cent more cattle into feedlots in October than a year earlier, […] Read more

Beef demand has been resilient to inflation for the most part, but recent weeks have seen a pullback as household expenses continue to increase.

Markets, News

Fed-cattle prices dip, beef demand sees pullback

The Markets with Deb McMillin, from the December 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Debbie McMillin November 17, 2023

Fed cattle After months of mostly steady fed cattle prices, the market dipped in mid-November in response to negative packer margins, large volumes of contract cattle limiting cash trade and slower beef movement. The November 10 fed steer average at $230.89/cwt is 25 per cent or $47/cwt higher than the same week in 2022. When […] Read more

Calves in the ring at Perlich Bros. Auction Mart.

Auction Mart Updates

Auction mart report for the week of Nov. 17, 2023

Regional market analysis from Manitoba and Alberta, courtesy of the Livestock Markets Association of Canada Members

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 17, 2023

Southern Manitoba, Courtesy of Killarney Auction Mart. 1420 feeders, 220 butchers and 150 bred cows through the ring this week at Killarney Auction Mart. Top end steer calves have stayed reasonably steady. However, heifers and plainer cattle started to see bigger discounts. The volatility in the futures market, weather and volume of cattle moving has […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on weakness in equities, cash cattle market

Futures prices indicate that cash prices in the south may fall further

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News November 16, 2023

Weakness in equities and the cash cattle market weighed on futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), brokers said. Futures markets rose the previous three days in a turnaround from multi-month lows reached last Friday.

Katrina Garneau fills the crowd in on her research at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence field day in June 2023.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Research

Researchers work with pen riders to fine-tune BRD diagnosis

Graduate student hopes to ‘crack the code’ for BRD by combining pen rider experience with new technology

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan November 16, 2023

Pen riders are quintessential cowboys of the modern era — riding through groups of cattle, cowboy hats or baseball caps pulled low to block the sun as they note every single animal in the feedlot. Even in the winter, with frost building on the faces of cattle, horses and humans, pen riders are riding the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend gains, await U.S. data

Fund liquidation and technical selling seem exhausted after driving live cattle to Friday lows

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News November 15, 2023

U.S. cattle futures extended gains on Wednesday as traders adjusted positions after steep losses last week and ahead of monthly supply data due on Friday.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME cattle after recent decline

The U.S. hog market traded sideways on Tuesday

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News November 14, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Short-covering lifted Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder futures on Tuesday, analysts said, extending a recovery from springtime lows reached last week. The markets were due to rise after recent fund liquidation and technical selling left the market oversold, analysts said. “The main thing is some short-covering here,” said Austin […] Read more

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans set 15-month high on U.S.-China trade deal hopes

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices to stay steady, says broker

U.S. livestock: Feeders continue to fall; live cattle level out

Beef cattle

Canadian Simmental Association to host world congress

Producers can manage Canada thistle with rotational grazing

AUDIO: Managing resistant parasites in your cow herd

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise ahead of bullish data

Fed-cattle prices dip, beef demand sees pullback

Auction mart report for the week of Nov. 17, 2023

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on weakness in equities, cash cattle market

Researchers work with pen riders to fine-tune BRD diagnosis

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend gains, await U.S. data

U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME cattle after recent decline

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