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AB Direct - Steers

Live: 282.00 FOB feedlot last week
Rail: 472.50-483.50 FOB feedlot last week

AB Direct - Heifers

Live: 282.00 FOB feedlot last week
Rail: 472.50-483.50 FOB feedlot last week

US Trade- Steers

Live: 208.00-210.00 (IA, NE), 215.00-220.00 (TX, KN) last week
Rail: 330.00 (IA, NE) last week

US Trade - Heifers

Live: 208.00-210.00 (IA, NE), 215.00-220.00 (TX, KN) last week
Rail: 330.00 (IA, NE) last week

Canadian Dollar

$71.64
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June 14, 2022 Checking in with ABP

What We’re Watching | Proposed health warnings on ground meat met with opposition

Issues with proposed front-of-package labelling made CBC’s The National this week: ‘What We’re Watching’ is a quick look at some of the issues and insights Alberta Beef Producers’ content creators and editors are watching to stay up-to-date, to broaden perspectives, and to explore issues relevant to the agriculture industry.

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June 13, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Alberta government supports exemption to front-of-package labelling for ground beef

The Government of Alberta is supporting efforts to exempt ground beef and ground pork from front-of-package labelling being proposed by Health Canada. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development Nate Horner and Minister of Health Jason Copping held a press conference in Calgary to express their concerns over the current proposal. Here’s what’s up…

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June 13, 2022 Press Releases

Alberta’s beef industry calls for labelling exemption on ground beef

Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) and the Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Associations (ACFA) are urgently requesting that Health Canada exempt ground beef from the proposed front-of-package (FOP) regulations. With record high food inflation, now is not the time to vilify a readily available and affordable, nutrient-dense source of protein. Health Canada’s proposed FOP regulations would require ground…

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June 13, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Canfax Weekly Article | Report for the week of June 13, 2022

Last week, Canfax fed steer and heifer price closed around $172.25/cwt, $1/cwt higher than the previous week. Alberta fed prices have averaged in the low $170’s/cwt for the past five weeks. Last week dressed sales were reported from $286.50-288.50/cwt FOB the lot. Ontario fed prices were trading at a $18/cwt premium against the Albert market,…

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June 11, 2022 Trailblazers

What We’re Reading | Fewer farmers in Alberta in 2021, but number of women increasing: StatsCan

By Nicholas Frew for CBC News Valerie Ehrenholz is busy on the family farm. Her to-do list varies by season, but last Thursday it included caring for the cattle, setting up an electric fence and tending to a barbed-wire fence, and helping her father, who seeded a field to grow grain. If time allowed, she’d tend to…

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June 10, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Here’s what’s up with ground beef labelling in Canada

Editor’s Note: Alberta Beef Producers reached out to Health Canada to join us on The Bovine in answering a list of supplied questions. Health Canada responded saying they “do not have an expert to provide for an interview on this issue at this time.” The issue In October 2016, Health Canada launched the Healthy Eating…

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June 9, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Survey: Attention Grazing Leaseholders

Earlier this year, a random sample of grazing leaseholders received a package in the mail regarding a grazing lease cost survey. Unfortunately, there has been very poor survey response. As this survey is being done to benefit disposition holders we need some help meeting the numbers necessary to provide significant cost reporting. The cost survey…

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June 8, 2022 Inspiration

Let’s talk Tomahawk

When it comes to the Tomahawk steak, we refer to it as the “showstopper.” For those of us who grew up watching cartoons, it’s the steak that Fred Flintstone ate. Its massive presentation on the bone makes the steak look primal – which is all part of its appeal, and of course when prepared to…

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June 7, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Developing a strong vaccination program

A good vaccination program for your calves is vital in protecting the health of your animals and ensuring your bottom line when it comes time to sell them. Kent Fenton is a veterinarian with Feedlot Health Management Services powered by TELUS Agriculture. “Calves can probably go through more stress of all sorts and still be…

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June 6, 2022 Press Releases

Cattle farmers and ranchers concerned with Health Canada’s proposed front-of-package warning label for ground beef

Calgary, AB – Health Canada is proposing regulations which would require ground beef sold at retail to carry a “high in” saturated fat warning label. Ground beef should be exempt from Health Canada’s proposed front-of-package (FOP) labelling like other nutritious foods, such as single ingredient meat, milk, eggs, vegetables, and fruit. Canadians consume approximately half…

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June 6, 2022 Current Markets & Forecasts

Canfax Weekly Article | Report for the week of June 6, 2022

Last week’s large speculative cash offering saw lackluster buying interest, and procurement volumes were limited. The bulk of dressed sales were reported steady to $2/cwt lower than the previous week at $288-289/cwt delivered. Weighted average prices were generally $1/cwt lower than the previous week. June kill schedules have been booked up and deliveries are now…

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June 5, 2022 Checking in with ABP

What We’re Watching | Preserving the Canadian grasslands

Via Better Living TV Canada For hundreds of years, the Canadian grassland has been home to a cycle of harvest & restoration. Years ago, the bison would live, traverse, eat and thrive in the venerable Canadian grasslands; a true partnership of nature, where both animal & environment flourished. In our modern life, this legacy lives…

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Cattle Report

Updated: December 1, 2025

Steers

Live: 282.00 FOB feedlot last week
Rail: 472.50-483.50 FOB feedlot last week

Heifers

Live: 282.00 FOB feedlot last week
Rail: 472.50-483.50 FOB feedlot last week

Choice Steers

Live: 208.00-210.00 (IA, NE), 215.00-220.00 (TX, KN) last week
Rail: 330.00 (IA, NE) last week

Choice Heifers

Live: 208.00-210.00 (IA, NE), 215.00-220.00 (TX, KN) last week
Rail: 330.00 (IA, NE) last week

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 296.19

Canadian Dollar

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Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
23-Feb-26 268 414 --
23-Mar-26 270 410 --
20-Apr-26 274 408 --
18-May-26 284 410 --
15-June-26 286 408 --
13-July-26 278 -- --
10-Aug-26 270 406 --
Last Updated on November 27, 2025