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AB Direct - Steers

Live: 280.00 FOB feedlot, last week
Rail: 448.50-453.00 FOB feedlot, last week

AB Direct - Heifers

Live: 280.00 FOB feedlot, last week
Rail: 448.50-453.00 FOB feedlot, last week

US Trade- Steers

Live: 210.00 (TX, KN) 212.00-215.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 332.00-335.00 (IA, NE) last week

US Trade - Heifers

Live: 210.00 (TX, KN) 212.00-215.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 332.00-335.00 (IA, NE) last week

Canadian Dollar

$70.17
0.17

What We’re Reading

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November 8, 2023 What We're Reading

Lorin, Daniel & Barry Doerksen | Top 40 Under 40 2023

by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth for Avenue Magazine – Calgary Ages: 36 (Lorin); 38 (Daniel); 33 (Barry) Job titles: Farmers, ranchers and owners of Gemstone Grass Fed Beef Why they’re 2023 Top 40 Under 40s: The fourth-generation ranchers have innovated their family business while raising beef that Calgarians can feel proud to eat. Brothers Daniel, Lorin and Barry Doerksen grew up on…

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November 1, 2023 Business Tools

Time to start thinking about farm transition

It’s no secret that Canada’s farm population is aging. Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census of Agriculture revealed that over 60 per cent of Canada’s farmers are 55 and older and that many of those farmers have no transition plan for their farms. Which is cause for concern. Decades of hard work and sacrifice could be wiped out when…

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October 13, 2023 What We're Reading

Research mentorship ‘fills in the gaps’ between science and ag

By Jeff Melchior, Alberta Farmer Express Primary producers and agriculture researchers have a shared goal: to find the best and most profitable ways to produce crops and livestock. So why does it often seem the two groups speak different languages? More than ever, science is becoming part of the language of agriculture, but a lot…

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October 6, 2023 What We're Reading

‘Situation is not ideal’

By Alex McCuaig, Western Producer A generational hydrological drought is occurring in rivers in southern Alberta, resulting in water levels rivaling the lowest seen in 50 years, the activation of a county’s emergency operations and a warning from the province. “While it appears we will be able to complete the 2023 irrigation season without significant…

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September 29, 2023 What We're Reading

The link between toe tip necrosis in cattle and flooring

By Murray Jelinski, Canadian Cattleman Toe tip necrosis syndrome is a hind-limb lameness of feedlot cattle that develops days to weeks after arrival at the feedlot. This disease is also known by many other names: toe abscess, toe ulcer, P3 necrosis, toe necrosis, apical white line disease, apicus necrotica, and the list goes on. The disease…

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Cattle Report

Updated: 24/03/2025

Steers

Live: 280.00 FOB feedlot, last week
Rail: 448.50-453.00 FOB feedlot, last week

Heifers

Live: 280.00 FOB feedlot, last week
Rail: 448.50-453.00 FOB feedlot, last week

Choice Steers

Live: 210.00 (TX, KN) 212.00-215.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 332.00-335.00 (IA, NE) last week

Choice Heifers

Live: 210.00 (TX, KN) 212.00-215.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 332.00-335.00 (IA, NE) last week

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 270.42

Canadian Dollar

$70.17   0.17

Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
26-May-25 268 374 --
23-Jun-25 270 370 --
21-Jul-25 262 -- --
18-Aug-25 258 374 --
15-Sep-25 256 378 --
13-Oct-25 254 274 436
10-Nov-25 250 370 432
Last Updated on February 27, 2025