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US Trade- Steers
Live: 235.00 (bid/sales) *few sales
Rail: 372.00 (IA, NE) *few sales
Rail: 372.00 (IA, NE) *few sales
US Trade - Heifers
Live: 235.00 (bid/sales) *few sales
Rail: 372.00 (IA, NE) *few sales
Rail: 372.00 (IA, NE) *few sales
Canadian Dollar
$73.65
0.02
0.02
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January 23, 2023
Current Markets & Forecasts
Canfax Weekly Article | Report for the week of January 23, 2023
Alberta direct cattle sales saw moderate volume trade last week, with weighted average steer prices firming $3/cwt higher than the previous week. The bulk of sales were reported dressed from $315-317/cwt delivered. Local live trade was also reported comparable with rail sales at $187.75/cwt. A significant portion of last week’s cash offering traded south at…
January 20, 2023
Issues & Insights
Labour Market Impact Assessment application process goes paperless
The assessment process required to hire temporary foreign workers in Canada is moving online this spring. Canadian employers hiring under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program are required to first submit an Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) application to Service Canada. As of April 3, 2023, this application process will be available online only. Employers applying…
January 19, 2023
Issues & Insights
CFIA, provinces to address food trade issues in Lloydminster
A new pilot project is underway to better facilitate interprovincial food trade in the city of Lloydminster. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working with the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments to eliminate difficulties relating to moving food from both provinces into and within Lloydminster. “We are excited to see this pilot, not only as…
January 19, 2023
Issues & Insights
The more you treat her like a cow, the better cow she will be
Tips for wintering replacement heifers One of the most illogical things we do as beef producers is overfeed or pamper our heifers through their first winter in hopes more will become pregnant in the spring. Then we say, “Oh, by the way… don’t expect to be spoiled like that ever again!” and we are genuinely…
January 18, 2023
Trailblazers
Remembering the roots of Alberta’s beef industry
Sweeping grasslands and herds numbering in the thousands. Cowboys driving cattle for famous ranches. The romance and harsh realities of the open range. It’s a world that endures in our imaginations and lives on in the way we raise cattle in Alberta today. In the spring of 1969, the National Film Board of Canada set…
January 17, 2023
Trailblazers
Blades of glory
Our Alberta beef ambassador and Master Butcher, Corey Meyer, recently came out from behind his meat counter at Acme Meats in Edmonton, Alberta, to represent Team Canada, and compete against the best butchers from around the globe at the World Butchers’ Challenge (WBC) on September 3, 2022, in Sacramento, California. Often referred to as the…
January 16, 2023
Current Markets & Forecasts
Canfax Weekly Article | Report for the week of January 16, 2023
The Canfax fed steer price closed the week at around $186/cwt, fully steady with the previous week. For early January this is the second-highest price on record; the only year that was higher was 2015. Last week, dressed sales were reported from $310.50-311/cwt FOB the lot. Cattle were being scheduled anywhere from the week of…
January 13, 2023
Issues & Insights
What We’re Reading | Indo-Pacific plan wins kudos from cattle group
By Alberta Farmer Express staff The Canadian Cattle Association is hailing Ottawa’s plan to boost trade with the Indo-Pacific region. About 20 per cent of beef exports already head to the region, with Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam and Hong Kong being the top markets. The prospects for increasing beef exports are good, it said. “The…
January 12, 2023
Checking in with ABP
Cows in the classroom
On a beautiful day in early October, 35 teachers from around Alberta gathered in the warm sunshine on W.A. Ranches, just west of Calgary. On a hillside surrounded by crop fields, the teachers had a terrific view of the sliver of native grassland that remains in the coulee around Skull Lake. It was a perfect…
January 11, 2023
Trailblazers
Agricultural leaders honoured with Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medals
Several beef industry advocates and leaders were recently recognized through the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Award program. In December, Nate Horner, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation and MLA for Drumheller-Stettler presented the Jubilee Medals to recipients in his constituency and to those chosen for their contributions to Alberta’s agriculture sector: Al Campbell – former…
January 10, 2023
Checking in with ABP
Revving up the research for 2023
ABP’s producer-led Research Committee has a small internal research budget that is allocated to projects submitted through the Agriculture Funding Consortium. Stay tuned to abpdaily.com for updates on approved projects. In 2019, ABP was selected to deliver a three-million-dollar research call for proposals on behalf of Alberta Agriculture in feed and forage production and utilization….
January 9, 2023
Current Markets & Forecasts
Canfax Weekly Article | Report for the week of January 9, 2023
Most Alberta direct cash trade last week was $1/cwt higher than the thin trade seen the previous week at $310/cwt delivered. U.S. bids of US$238/cwt delivered worked back to around a $4.50/cwt live equivalent premium to local rail bids at $190.50/cwt FOB the feedlot. Additional local live cattle sales were reported from $183-183.25/cwt. Kill schedules…
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Cattle Report
Updated: March 11, 2026
Steers
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Heifers
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Choice Steers
Live: 235.00 (bid/sales) *few sales
Rail: 372.00 (IA, NE) *few sales
Choice Heifers
Live: 235.00 (bid/sales) *few sales
Rail: 372.00 (IA, NE) *few sales
Boner Cows
Over 500 lbs: 318.87
Canadian Dollar
$73.65 0.02
Livestock Price Insurance Index
| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-26 | 310 | 472 | -- |
| 29-Ju-26 | 308 | 464 | -- |
| 27-Jul-26 | 302 | -- | -- |
| 24-Aug-26 | 296 | 466 | -- |
| 21-Sep-26 | 292 | 466 | 582 |
| 19-Oct-26 | 290 | 464 | 586 |
| 16-Nov-26 | 282 | 456 | 584 |
Last Updated on March 5, 2026
