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Klassen: Rising feed grain prices weigh on feeder market

By Jerry Klassen April 3, 2018

Western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels; however, feeder cattle fit for grass and calves dropped $4 to as much as $10 from seven days earlier. Rising feed grain costs appear to be affecting lighter weight categories more than the yearling market. Feedlots will be struggling with negative margins through the summer […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder markets experience lacklustre trade

By Jerry Klassen February 13, 2018

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels as extremely cold temperatures hinder market activity. Most auction barns reported small groups of various quality cattle on offer, which made the market hard to define. In the major markets of Alberta such as Lethbridge, there were very few yearlings available. This forced major […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Things I learned from auctioneers

Lee Hart gets an education from the Livestock Markets Association of Canada

By Lee Hart July 24, 2017

Find me a microphone, a gavel, a cowboy hat and an unwanted emu and I might just become an auctioneer (The emu? Well, a person has to start somewhere.) This is my plan after recently being exposed to a major learning experience during the annual convention of the Livestock Markets Association of Canada (LMAC). This […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Markets

Looking out for No. 1

Farmers come first at Brussels Livestock

By Debbie Furber August 23, 2016

The village of Brussels in rural southwestern Ontario is known for two things not typically mentioned in the same sentence: its quaint Victorian charm and a bustling auction market. Brussels Livestock hosts three sales weekly, with fed cattle and butcher bulls and cows selling Tuesdays, an assortment of veal calves, sheep and goats on Thursdays, […] Read more

Ryan Hurlburt, auctioneer with Saskatoon Livestock Sales, won the 2016 LMAC champion auctioneer of the year.

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Ryan Hurlburt wins LMAC auctioneering champion

News Roundup from the June 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 29, 2016

Camaraderie and a chance to learn livestock selling from the best drew 29 auctioneers from points across Alberta through Quebec to the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s (LMAC) annual auctioneering championships May 13 at Brussels Livestock, Brussels, Ont. It was standing room only for six hours straight in the house with a live feed to […] Read more

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Klassen: Rising feed grain prices weigh on feeder market

Klassen: Feeder markets experience lacklustre trade

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Looking out for No. 1

Ryan Hurlburt wins LMAC auctioneering champion

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