Photo: Geralyn Wichers

Klassen: Feedlot operators become cautious on purchases

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending May 10, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average. Quality packages of lighter calves were priced $10-$15 above week ago levels. Many auction barns are only holding sales every two or three weeks at this time of year with limited numbers on offer. This made the market hard to define in certain weight categories.

Photo: Allan Dawson/File

Prairie forecast: Hot east, cool west

Forecast issued May 7, covering May 7 to 14, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes We saw a strong ridge of high pressure build in last week, which brought daytime highs into the low thirties across parts of the eastern Prairies. Once the ridge collapsed, cooler air moved back in. Well, it looks like we can expect another cycle of building and collapsing ridges. Then, starting on the weekend, the weather pattern should become more energetic thanks to a strong trough of low pressure forecasted to develop off the West Coast.



LRPhotographies/iStock/Getty Images

Prairie forecast: Here comes the summery weather

Forecast issued April 30, covering April 30 to May 7, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes Well, one week is up and as I pointed out in last week's forecast, the weather pattern still looks like it is going to flip from a cool-ish spring regime right into a summer-like pattern. This flip should happen over the next few days.





File Photo: Willowpix/iStock/Getty Images

Prairie forecast: Warm weather gaining ground

Forecast issued April 23, covering April 23 to 30, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes We start this forecast period with an area of low pressure exiting the eastern Prairie and taking the rain and wet snow with it. To the west, a weak frontal system looks ready to drop into northern Alberta where it should bring scattered showers.