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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle market pulls feeders upward

Feedlots becoming more current with production

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling and calf markets were quoted steady to $5 higher on average. Strength was noted in southern Alberta. In the Lethbridge area, prices for lighter flesh replacements were up as much as $10 from seven days earlier. Larger supplies of backgrounded cattle are coming on the market at this […] Read more
CME June 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: June live cattle, hogs continue lower

Feeder cattle also down on day

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s most-active June live cattle and lean hog contracts continued on a downward track in Monday’s trade. June live cattle closed Monday at $155.525, beneath the lower end of its 20-day Bollinger range and down 87.5 cents from Friday’s close (all figures US$ per hundredweight). Front-month April, meanwhile, opened near its 50-day moving […] Read more
CME April 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Nearby CME lean hogs recover slightly from slide

April cattle futures lower; U.S. cattle on feed in line with expectations

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended slightly higher in the nearby contract on Friday in a rebound from steep declines this week, though deferred contracts extended losses, traders said. Lower cutout values continue to hang over the futures market, along with broader pressure from market turmoil in the banking sector, […] Read more
News, Purely Purebred

Canadian Angus Association news

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

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Congratulations to Belvin Angus of Innisfail, Alta., winners of the Angus GS 2022 contest sponsored by Neogen Canada. The Hamilton family is excited about using their Angus GS test results to make more informed selection decisions and to attend a conference of their choice as their contest prize. Angus GS testing includes parentage verification, genomic […] Read more
CME June 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down on disease chatter

Chicago cattle futures close higher

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures sank by the maximum daily trading limit on Thursday on rumours about a potential outbreak of a fatal pig disease which the U.S. government later said were untrue. Unsubstantiated chatter about a U.S. case of African swine fever swirled in the market, but the U.S. […] Read more
News, Purely Purebred

Shorthorn Association holds leadership conference

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

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The Canadian Junior Shorthorn Association hosted its annual Shorthorn Stars Leadership Conference on February 4 and 5 in Calgary, Alta.  There were 19 Shorthorn juniors in attendance with four junior representatives from the Canadian Junior Limousin Association. Guest speakers included:  The conference also included an afternoon tour of Olds College Technology Access Centre from Sean […] Read more
One study used laboratory measurements and eight trained sensory panellists to compare the eating quality of 100 dark-cutting steaks to 100 normal steaks.
Livestock, Research

Can Canada reduce dark-cutting discounts?

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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When cattle are severely stressed before slaughter there’s an increased risk that the rib-eye will remain dark red instead of blooming to a bright red colour. This phenomenon is called dark cutting. Extremely dark fresh beef isn’t visually appealing to consumers and has a shorter shelf life, so Canada’s grading system assigns these carcasses to […] Read more
CME April 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle set multi-week lows as bank selloff hits Wall Street

April hogs, feeder cattle also lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled to multi-week lows on Wednesday as losses in U.S. stocks and fears about a banking crisis spilled into livestock markets, analysts said. The Dow and S+P 500 closed lower as problems at Credit Suisse piled more pressure on the banking sector. Declines in equities hit […] Read more
Vet Advice: Putting out fires
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Vet Advice: Putting out fires

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It would be wonderful if reason and common sense would govern everything we try to accomplish. Unfortunately, one of the greatest myths of common sense is that everything that seems obvious at first is. Things only become obvious after you know all the answers, and they never all come. A complicating reality is that humans […] Read more

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