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Auction mart report for the week of Oct. 27, 2023

Regional market analysis from Manitoba and Saskatchewan, courtesy of the Livestock Markets Association of Canada members

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 27, 2023

Southern Saskatchewan, courtesy of Whitewood Livestock This week 2,900 cattle went through the ring, with half heading to southern Alberta, 35 per cent to Eastern Canada, 10 per cent to the U.S. and five per cent to local buyers. The majority (97 per cent) of those animals were fresh calves, and the remainder split evenly […] Read more

Domestic barley prices are likely to hold steady for now. Photo: Canada Beef Inc.

Beef Cattle, Feed markets, Finishers, Markets

MarketsFarm feed barley update: Barley prices holding steady

By Mike Jubinville - MarketsFarm October 27, 2023

Canada’s barley supply/demand doesn’t matter to price determination. Domestic barley value is currently tethered to the price of imported U.S. corn, holding steady for the time being. Both are showing around $335/tonne delivered into southern Alberta for nearby delivery. Our best guess is that 2-2.5 MMT of U.S. corn will come into Western Canada in […] Read more

CME December 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle ease on larger U.S. supply, weaker equities

Lean hog futures continue higher

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News October 26, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures eased on Thursday, with losses in equities and bigger-than-expected U.S. livestock supplies dragging down the markets. Traders kept an eye on Wall Street as weakness in stocks and concerns about the economy can limit consumer demand for pricey beef, analysts said. Stocks closed lower amid signs […] Read more

Drought, hail or an early frost create opportunities to use annual cash crops as cattle feed.

Livestock, Nutrition

Feeding cattle this winter

There are a number of 'first steps' you can take to develop a balanced ration

By Barry Yaremcio October 26, 2023

Feed supplies are deficient in many areas of the country. Stretching limited forage feed supply while keeping animals healthy, in good condition and maintaining a high level of production and reproduction will be the challenge. Forages such as hay, greenfeed, silage, straw and forage-seed aftermath are essential in a ruminant ration. Along with providing nutrients, […] Read more

News, Purely Purebred

Canadian Hereford Association honour and memorial scrolls

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

By Mike Millar October 26, 2023

Joe and Emma Hasson have been inducted into the Canadian Hereford Association Memorial Scroll. In 1975, Joe and Emma, along with their son Dave, built a polled Hereford herd under the name Gold-Bar Livestock. Through their annual production sale, they sold cattle to every province in Canada except Newfoundland. Gold-Bar cattle and semen also reached […] Read more

Fresh snow on an ornamental crabapple tree in Winnipeg, Oct. 25, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)

General, Weather

Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

Issued Oct. 25, covering Oct. 25 to Nov. 1

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 26, 2023

As is often the case at this time of the year, the weather models got the general picture right, but the finer details were much to be desired. Usually, the models struggle with the forecast beyond two to five days out, but for much of this forecast period they struggled with the finer details on […] Read more

CME December 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

'Monday's washout was probably a bit overdone'

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News October 26, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, bouncing off June lows hit this week on larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. Futures prices collapsed on Monday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report issued after markets closed on Friday, said that producers placed more cattle than expected into […] Read more

Global markets, Markets

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: U.S. imports of Canadian beef rebound

By Jamie Kerr October 25, 2023

U.S. import volumes of Canadian beef and veal rebounded in July, after three months of declines. July imports totalled 83.6 million pounds (37,929 tonnes). Carcass weights were up 14 per cent from June and up a moderate six per cent from July 2022. U.S. imports of Canadian beef are up seven per cent from the […] Read more

General

Carbon tax exemption bill C-234 clears Senate committee

Divided senators defeated an amendment to make it more difficult to extend the bill's sunset clause

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News October 25, 2023

In final committee deliberations on Oct. 24, an amendment that would make it more difficult to extend the bill’s sunset clause was defeated with a tied vote.

Markets, News

Fed cattle prices hold steady, beef production below year-ago levels

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

By Debbie McMillin October 25, 2023

Fed cattle The fed price in Western Canada has held mostly steady as supplies have been ample but manageable with adequate fall demand. Slaughter capacity limited upside as additional cows took up some of the available hook space. Recently, the fed steer average has stayed between $390/cwt and $391/cwt. The mid-October average is right at […] Read more

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Beef cattle

Auction mart report for the week of Oct. 27, 2023

MarketsFarm feed barley update: Barley prices holding steady

U.S. livestock: CME cattle ease on larger U.S. supply, weaker equities

Feeding cattle this winter

Canadian Hereford Association honour and memorial scrolls

Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: U.S. imports of Canadian beef rebound

Carbon tax exemption bill C-234 clears Senate committee

Fed cattle prices hold steady, beef production below year-ago levels

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