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Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 29, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to $2 lower; calves weighing 500 to 650 lbs. traded $2-$4 lower while lighter weights under 500 lbs. were steady to $5 higher. There is a distinct price structure for each weight category, depending on the time frame for the finished animal. The overall feeder […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling market remains red hot

Barley harvest well underway in southern Alberta

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 2, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were $2-$4 higher on average; however, in southern Alberta, yearlings traded $6-$8 above week-ago levels. A few auction barns in Alberta held their first feature sales of the fall run and buyers showed up with both hands. The quality of yearlings coming off grass is excellent and […] Read more

CME September 2020 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Strong demand underpins yearlings

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News August 4, 2020

Compared to last week, yearlings traded steady to $4 higher on average; calves traded $2-$4 lower, although light volumes made the market hard to define. All eyes were on feeder cattle futures, which closed up nearly $4 for the week. This set the direction in Western Canada. Auction barns in Manitoba and Saskatchewan remain in […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market grinds lower

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News June 23, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $4 lower on average. Small packages were available and buyers were picking away with subdued interest. There were some “green” strings of yearlings in Alberta and Saskatchewan which were well bid; however, most cattle were characterized by medium to smaller frames. Some of […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Weaker fed cattle prices weigh on feeder market

Rain-soaked pens sidelined some Alberta feedlots

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News June 16, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged but a softer tone was noted in the non-major feeding regions. Most auction barns are in summer mode and the quality of feeders coming on the market is quite variable. However, at major centers in Alberta, healthy strings of yearlings were well bid […] Read more

File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

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India to let farmers sell produce directly to traders, retailers

Current system seen reducing farmer bargaining power

By Mayank Bhardwaj, GFM Network News June 3, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — India is to allow farmers to sell produce directly to bulk buyers such as trading companies, food processors and large retailers, the farm minister said on Wednesday. This would obviate the need for farmers to bring their produce to India’s more than 7,000 regulated wholesale markets and let buyers buy […] Read more

CME May 2020 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Beef Cattle, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Large feedlot inventories lower feeder demand

By Jerry Klassen January 21, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged and mid-weight feeders (600-850 lbs.) were steady to $2 lower, but calves under 600 lbs. were unchanged to as much as $10 lower. Prices were quite variable across the Prairies, which made the market hard to define. The market appeared […] Read more

Every day, a real-life vegetable auction takes place for visitors to the world’s oldest sail-through auction, now a museum.

Columns, News

Sail-through auction a unique experience

Reporter's Notebook: Journo traders bid on produce as boats float by

By Jennifer Blair August 22, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers are no strangers to the auction mart — but they do things a little differently at the sail-through auction in the Realm of a Thousand Islands. Like a quarter of the Netherlands, this area in North Holland lies below sea level, but that didn’t stop farmers from settling on its marshy lands centuries […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlot operators aggressively bid up feeders

By Jerry Klassen April 25, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle continued the upward trend trading $5 to $8 above week-ago levels on average with higher quality feeders as much as $12 higher. Alberta packers were buying cattle near $177 on a live basis, which is about $35 above breakeven pen closeouts. Ongoing strength in the fed cattle market set a positive […] Read more

Beef Cattle

Feds fund AFAC welfare surveillance

Alberta Farm Animal Care designed to ensure good health, proper standards

By Alberta Farmer Staff July 22, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government has announced funding of $268,000 to Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) to help ensure that cattle arriving at auctions and abattoirs are in good health and meet the standards required for processing. The announcement was made in Okotoks by Macleod MP John Barlow on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “This project […] Read more

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm as market-ready supplies remain soft

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on improved crop outlook, forecast

Dominican Republic to kill thousands of pigs over swine fever outbreak

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm as market-ready supplies remain soft

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on improved crop outlook, forecast

Dominican Republic to kill thousands of pigs over swine fever outbreak

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Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder market

Klassen: Yearling market remains red hot

Klassen: Strong demand underpins yearlings

Klassen: Feeder cattle market grinds lower

Klassen: Weaker fed cattle prices weigh on feeder market

India to let farmers sell produce directly to traders, retailers

Klassen: Large feedlot inventories lower feeder demand

Sail-through auction a unique experience

Klassen: Feedlot operators aggressively bid up feeders

Feds fund AFAC welfare surveillance

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