Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending August 9, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5 to $10 higher on average. Many weight categories notched fresh record highs. Ontario demand was evident across western Canada for calves and yearlings.
Klassen: Strong demand supports feeder complex
Prairie forecast: Merging lows bring plenty of chances for rain
Forecast issued Aug. 6, covering Aug. 6 to 13, 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutes For this forecast period we start with a small but fairly potent area of low pressure lifting northwards through Manitoba. Meanwhile, weak high pressure is covering Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Klassen: Feeder market in price discovery mode
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending August 2, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to as much as $10 higher. Quality yearling packages off grass were up as much as $15 in some cases. Prices for similar weight cattle were quite variable across the Prairies, which made the market hard to define. The market appears to be in price discovery mode for the grass yearling market.
Prairie forecast: Sunny and warm with a chance of rain
Forecast issued July 30, covering July 30 to August 6, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes This forecast period is looking much more stable and predictable as a large area of high pressure dominates the Prairie region.
Manitoba agronomist and farmer reflects on career in agriculture
Summer Series 'Making the Future': Exploring the perspectives and experiences of young up-and-comers in various sectors of Canada’s agriculture industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the final instalment of our Making the Future series Country Guide spoke with Beth Martel from St. Leon, Man. (Click here to read part one, part two, part three and part four.) Beth Martel grew up in Wales, U.K., and moved with her family to Manitoba in 2001, where they purchased a mixed cattle […] Read more
Klassen: Lower U.S. calf crop supports Canadian feeder cattle market
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending July 26, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. Yearlings off grass weighing 900 pounds plus were very strong and may have been up $3 to $5 from the previous week.
Governments offer aid to drought-affected Manitoba livestock producers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba and the federal governement are teaming up to support Manitoba livestock producers who are being hit hard by drought conditions.
Prairie forecast: Near-average temperatures as messy weather pattern continues
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our current unsettled and—for lack of better word—'messy' weather pattern looks to continue for at least one more week.
Klassen: Lower feed grain prices set to enhance feeder cattle prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending July 19, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from the previous week, although volumes were limited.
Prairie forecast: Seasonably cool with chances of precipitation
Forecast issued July 16, covering July 16 to 23, 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutes This forecast period starts with a broad, cool area of high pressure stretching across the Prairie provinces. The cool air combined with strong mid-summer sunshine is leading to partly cloudy skies along with the odd shower or thundershower.
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