Livestock
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending February 8, the Western Canadian feeder cattle market was hard to define. Prices were softer earlier in the week but were creeping higher by Friday.
Klassen: Feeder market stalls; cold temperatures, tariff threat limit sales
U.S. livestock: Cattle prices pull back
Slaughter numbers down for cattle
Reading Time: < 1 minute Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were steady to lower on Friday, as the slaughter was behind pace.
Feed Grain Weekly: Markets uncertain after tariff delays
Corn prices could rise if tariffs are imposed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite the delay in U.S. President Donald Trump's planned tariffs, there is plenty of uncertainty in the Western Canadian feed grain market.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs higher
Strong export sales for cattle, hogs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped back on Thursday, despite strong export sales. The United States Department of Agriculture reported export sales of 24,907 tonnes for the week ended Jan. 30. That’s up 23.5 per cent from the previous week and the most since August. The April live cattle contract […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on strong exports
Hog exports have second best December
Reading Time: < 1 minute Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were higher on Wednesday
USDA detects a second bird flu strain in dairy cattle, agency email says
Strain not seen in cows previously
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Department of Agriculture has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows, according to an email from the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seen by Reuters.
Bird flu spurs diner chain Waffle House to add 50-cent fee per egg
Temporary hike a reponse to rising egg prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. diner chain Waffle House has added a 50-cent surcharge for every egg in a customer's order, the company said in a statement posted in its restaurants on Monday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle continue downward, hogs turnaround
U.S.,China impose tariffs on each other
Reading Time: < 1 minute Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Tuesday as the selloff continued.
Klassen: Western Canadian feeder markets set fresh high amid tariff threat
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending February 1, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $8 per hundredweight higher compared to seven days earlier. In some cases, larger packages of quality genetics were up as much $15/cwt from the prior week.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures pull back to start February
Trump delays tariffs on Mexico
Reading Time: < 1 minute Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange stepped back on Monday, moving further away from highs reached in late January.
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