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Klassen: Feeder market consolidates as supplies decrease

By Jerry Klassen May 6, 2025

For the week ending May 2, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. The heifer discount to steers continues to narrow. Steady buying interest from Ontario was noted in Manitoba and certain locations in Saskatchewan.

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Klassen: Higher packer bids enhance feeder complex

By Jerry Klassen April 29, 2025

For the week ending April 26, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to $5 higher compared to seven days earlier.

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Klassen: Fall fed cattle supply concerns strengthen feeder complex

By Jerry Klassen April 22, 2025

For the week ending April 19, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $2 to $3 above week-ago levels. Many auction barns did not have sales due to Good Friday but sale volumes were also smaller at active locations.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle lower amid broad selling pressure

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 21, 2025

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Monday, retreating from early gains as the livestock markets found themselves caught up in the broad weakness triggered by threats from United States President Donald Trump to remove Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

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Canada Beef invests in market diversification, domestic demand to counter U.S. trade turmoil

Keeping up with Canada Beef (from the May 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen)

By Eric Bienvenue and Gina Teel April 21, 2025

The uncertainty unleashed by the U.S. administration’s reciprocal tariffs on April 2 created unpredictability and roiled markets worldwide. Canada’s cattle industry was left out of the so-called U.S. “Liberation Day” tariffs due to the carve-out for products that comply with the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA). These products, which include Canadian live cattle and beef, will […] Read more

Charles de Pellette, Operations Director of the restaurant, poses for a picture next to U.S. beef and pork in a smokehouse, at Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant, in Beijing, China April 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Tiffany Le

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US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

US beef exports to China worth $125 million a month at risk

By Ella Cao, Josh Arslan April 21, 2025

Beijing | Reuters – At Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant in Beijing, staff are reprinting menus. The U.S.-China trade war means American beef – once the star ingredient – will soon be off the table. Home Plate’s beef, previously sourced entirely from the U.S., is increasingly Australian. The restaurant uses about 7 to 8 […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder market returns to historical highs

By Jerry Klassen April 15, 2025

For the week ending April 12, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded stead to as much as $10 higher compared to seven days earlier. The market has fully recovered from U.S. tariff uncertainty. Strength in the fed cattle market and healthy feeding margins continue drive replacement prices upward.

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U.S. livestock: Prices push upward; boxed beef slips back

Boxed beef slips back

By Glen Hallick April 11, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures and those for lean hogs on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were higher on Friday.

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U.S. livestock: Losses for cattle, upswing in hog prices

By Glen Hallick April 10, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Thursday, while those for lean hogs were higher. The June live cattle contract retreated 3.175 cents at 195.200 cents per pound. May feeder cattle futures dropped 2.900 cents at 275.300 cents per pound. The USDA reported wholesale boxed beef prices were lower […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Closing higher after Trump announces tariff pause

But boosts duties on China to 125 per cent

By Glen Hallick April 9, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Wednesday, after United States President Donald Trump announced he will pause his reciprocal tariffs for 90 days. Trump said the suspension of the levies comes as more than 75 countries were set to negotiate trade with the U.S. or had not taken […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Feeders set fresh highs, hogs mixed

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Klassen: Feeder market consolidates as supplies decrease

Klassen: Higher packer bids enhance feeder complex

Klassen: Fall fed cattle supply concerns strengthen feeder complex

U.S. livestock: Cattle lower amid broad selling pressure

Canada Beef invests in market diversification, domestic demand to counter U.S. trade turmoil

US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

Klassen: Feeder market returns to historical highs

U.S. livestock: Prices push upward; boxed beef slips back

U.S. livestock: Losses for cattle, upswing in hog prices

U.S. livestock: Closing higher after Trump announces tariff pause

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