Livestock , Latest & Featured - Canadian Cattlemen

Abnormal weather doesn’t grow average forage

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen October 24, 2017

Averages are useful statistics, but sometimes averages can be misleading. As the University of Saskatchewan’s late Iain Christison said, “the average human has one breast and one testicle.” Canada’s rainfall may be close to average this year — but much of the country is experiencing severe drought, and most of the rest is soaked. Either […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Heifer selection is in the eye of the beholder

Here’s how Travis Olson beholds them

By Heather Smith Thomas October 23, 2017

There are many criteria regarding which heifers to keep and which ones to sell. Most producers have certain goals that help guide those decisions. Commercial cattlemen want heifers that will be fertile, productive, long-lived cows that stay in the herd a long time producing good calves. Purebred breeders want heifers that will produce high-quality seedstock […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 23, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking following the morning’s cash price drop, traders said. December hogs finished 1.325 cents/lb. lower at 63.525 cents, and February ended 0.875 cent lower at 68.225 cents (all figures US$). Some investors sold futures after analysts predicted a 480,000-plus head […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. September cattle placements surge

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in September drove 13.5 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots than the same month a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result topped analysts’ average forecasts and hit its highest level for the month in six years. “The good news for the consumer is […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Friday, helped by short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday at 2 p.m. CT, said traders. They said that with December futures slated to be the new lead month following October’s expiration, investors periodically […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Stress is the enemy with ‘natural’ calves

Natural beef programs limit the use of antibiotics

By Debbie Furber October 20, 2017

Limiting the use of growth promotants for raising calves is easy. Just stop using them, accept that you will lose efficiencies, and concentrate on capturing every other advantage. Limiting the use of antibiotics is another story. David Saretsky, who raises cattle and runs a cattle marketing company, Cantriex Livestock, with his family near Ponoka, Alta., […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit two-month high

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 19, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Thursday, hitting their highest level in two months led by steadily climbing prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs as packers competed for supplies, said traders. December hogs finished 0.5 cent/lb. higher at 64.250 cents, and February ended 0.475 cent higher at 68.475 cent […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Markets, Prime cuts

A salutory summer slide

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

By Steve Kay October 19, 2017

It sure was a salutary summer for U.S. cattle feeders who hadn’t hedged their cattle. Fed cattle prices plunged more than US$14 per cwt live from the third week of July to the end of August. Yet the market after that was still struggling to find a bottom. That’s certainly not how anyone expected the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Brazil court unfreezes JBS owners’ assets

By Reuters October 19, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters –– A Brazilian federal appeals court on Thursday granted an injunction releasing assets belonging to the Batista brothers, owners of the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA, Ticiano Figueiredo, a lawyer representing the defendants, said. A spokeswoman at the appeals court did not immediately reply to a request for comment. On Oct. 6, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices lift CME hogs

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 18, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday shrugged off some of Tuesday’s declines, helped by short-covering and rising prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs, said traders. December futures led advances after investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy known as bull spreads. Fund buying developed […] Read more

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures spike, hogs mixed

U.S. grains: Soybean ease on harvest pressure, competition from Brazil

Russia’s top agriculture official blames low global grain prices for export slowdown

Livestock

Abnormal weather doesn’t grow average forage

Heifer selection is in the eye of the beholder

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

U.S. September cattle placements surge

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

Stress is the enemy with ‘natural’ calves

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit two-month high

A salutory summer slide

Brazil court unfreezes JBS owners’ assets

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices lift CME hogs

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

Blogs

Cows ain’t coal

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Latest Market News