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Rail: 486.50-487.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
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Rail: 335.00-340.00 (IA) last week
Rail: 335.00-340.00 (IA) last week
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Rail: 335.00-340.00 (NE, IA) last week
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February 28, 2024
Checking in with ABP
ABP announces 2024 Board of Directors
Following a successful Annual General Meeting (AGM), Alberta Beef Producers is pleased to announce the 2024 Board of Directors. The 2024 Board’s first meeting was called to order following the AGM, where Directors elected the Executive, with: In addition to networking with ABP delegates, AGM attendees heard updates from staff, saw discussion on resolutions, and had…
February 27, 2024
Current Markets & Forecasts
Canadian cattle herd continues to decline, says StatsCan
Statistics Canada (StatsCan) has released its latest report on Canadian livestock inventories. As of January 1, 2024, Canadian cattle, hog, and sheep inventories were down compared with the same date one year earlier. According to StatsCan, Canadian farmers held 11.1 million cattle and calves on their farms on January 1, 2024, which is down 2.1…
February 26, 2024
News
Applications for Youth Employment and Skills Program open
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has announced funding of approximately $13.5 million to support a new application intake under the Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP). The initiative will provide the agricultural sector with help needed to support approximately 1,200 jobs for youth in the sector. The YESP offers support for 50 per cent of…
February 23, 2024
Business Tools
New report projects job vacancies will surpass 100,000 by 2030 as nearly one-third of agri-workforce retires
At a time when Canadian agriculture continues to struggle with a chronic worker shortage, new data from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) has found that by the year 2030, there will be more than 100,000 vacant jobs to fill in the industry. This labour market supply and demand forecast is a study conducted by The…
February 22, 2024
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Canadian farm sector income expected to reach new records
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has completed its farm income forecast for 2023 and 2024, with results showing that overall Canadian farm income is expected to have reached a new record in 2023. According to AAFC, the agriculture sector continued to show very strong overall economic performance in 2023, despite numerous challenges, including droughts in…
February 21, 2024
News
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada opens first-ever Indo-Pacific Agriculture and Agri-Food Office
While in Manila, Philippines, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Lawrence MacAulay, joined Canadian stakeholders, government partners, and dignitaries to officially open Canada’s Indo-Pacific Agriculture and Agri-Food Office (IPAAO) and begin a new chapter for Canada’s engagement in the region. This announcement comes at the midway point in Minister MacAulay’s trade mission to two…
February 21, 2024
News
Nominations open for the 2024 Alberta Ag Hall of Fame
The Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame honours individuals who have advanced Alberta’s agriculture industries, food industries, and rural life. Albertans are encouraged to nominate an agricultural leader in their community. Every two years, up to three individuals who have demonstrated exemplary leadership while making a provincewide impact on their industries are inducted. RJ Sigurdson, Minister…
February 7, 2024
Business Tools
Elanco Canada launches new sustainability initiative
Elanco Canada – a subsidiary of a global animal health leader Elanco Animal Health – has announced the launch of a farm animal sustainability initiative, Leave it Better. Following its launch in the United States in 2022, Leave it Better will unite the scope of Elanco Canada’s sustainability work with pork, poultry, beef and dairy…
February 2, 2024
Health & Production
CFIA approves 3NOP as first feed ingredient to reduce methane emissions from cattle
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), is announcing the approval of 3-Nitrooxypropanol (3NOP) as a new livestock feed ingredient aimed at reducing methane emissions from cattle. Canadian farmers and ranchers are long-time partners with the environment and manage their land and animals to ensure sustainable and viable operations for the long-term. The efficiency and environmental…
February 2, 2024
News
Canada becomes a founding member of the Efficient Fertilizer Consortium
Canada will become a founding member of the Efficient Fertilizer Consortium (EFC). The EFC is a public-private partnership that funds research to advance enhanced efficiency and novel fertilizer products and practices that help farmers produce crops while reducing environmental impacts. This partnership, created by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, represents a commitment of…
February 1, 2024
News
Alberta announces water-sharing negotiations
For the first time since 2001, the Government of Alberta has authorized the Drought Command Team to begin negotiations with major water license holders in southern Alberta river basins. The hope is to complete at least one water-sharing agreement for each of the Red Deer River, Box River, and Oldman River basins. The water-sharing agreements…
January 29, 2024
Checking in with ABP
Canadian beef producers stand behind negotiators at the Canada-UK bilateral negotiations
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) is disappointed, but not surprised by the decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to pause the bilateral free trade negotiations between the UK and Canada. Canadian cattle producers stand behind the Government of Canada’s approach of drawing a hard line in the negotiations and defending Canadian beef producers. “CCA has…
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Cattle Report
Updated: November 9, 2026
Steers
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Rail: 486.50-487.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Heifers
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Rail: 486.50-487.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Choice Steers
Live: 214.00-218.00 (NE), 218.00 (TX, KS) last week
Rail: 335.00-340.00 (IA) last week
Choice Heifers
Live: 214.00-218.00 (NE, IA), 218.00 (TX, KS) last week
Rail: 335.00-340.00 (NE, IA) last week
Boner Cows
Over 500 lbs: 244.81
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Livestock Price Insurance Index
| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-27 | 274 | 436 | -- |
| 01-Mar-27 | 274 | 430 | -- |
| 29-Mar-27 | 278 | 428 | -- |
| 26-Apr-27 | 284 | 426 | -- |
| 24-May-27 | 292 | 430 | -- |
| 21-Jun-27 | 292 | 434 | -- |
| 19-Jul-27 | 286 | -- | -- |
Last Updated on November 5, 2026
