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AB Direct - Steers
AB Direct - Heifers
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US Trade- Steers
Live: ---
Rail: 270.00 (NE, IA)
Rail: 270.00 (NE, IA)
US Trade - Heifers
Live: ---
Rail: 270.00 (NE, IA)
Rail: 270.00 (NE, IA)
Canadian Dollar
$73.76
0.18
0.18
March 21, 2023
Issues & Insights
A Time to Build: An outlook for 2023
The wise King Solomon suggested “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity…” The Byrds song “Turn! Turn! Turn!” in the 1960s famously alluded to Solomon’s words as a way to draw attention to switching mindsets from focusing on war to focusing on peace. Within Solomon’s verses are also the phrases:...
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February 9, 2022
Issues & Insights
Rethinking the packing sector
Wow, have you looked at the price of a steak lately? Canadian retail beef prices are at the highest level in history, inflating over 20% a year. A good steak or roast can cost $25-50 in the store; can you believe it? That is for an unbranded commodity product sold from a largely undifferentiated commodity...
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November 30, 2021
Business Tools
Hitting reset — rancher style
2021 has been an interesting year for ranchers to say the least. A pandemic year caused the world to appear crazy and in “lockdown” while, those of us in rural communities, were dumbfounded about what this means to us. Quite frankly, most ranchers just put their heads down and went to work doing what ranchers...
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October 5, 2021
Innovation & Technology
7 Lean Cows: Managing the lean years is key to longevity
2500 years ago, a Pharaoh in Egypt had a dream he couldn’t interpret. It involved 7 fat cows grazing by a river, sleek and fat in the sunshine. Then 7 lean cows came out of the river behind them and ate up the 7 fat cows and didn’t look any fatter for having done so....
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Cattle Report
Updated: 08/12/2023
Steers
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Heifers
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Choice Steers
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Rail: 270.00 (NE, IA)
Choice Heifers
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Rail: 270.00 (NE, IA)
Boner Cows
Over 500 lbs: 189.75
Canadian Dollar
$73.76 0.18
Livestock Price Insurance Index
| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb | 212 | 278 | - |
| 25-Mar | 216 | 280 | - |
| 22-Apr | 220 | 284 | - |
| 20-May | 224 | 292 | - |
| 17-Jun | 230 | 302 | - |
| 15-Jul | 224 | - | - |
| 12-Aug | 220 | 304 | - |
Last Updated on December 1, 2023