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AB Direct - Steers

Live: 296.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 487.00-491.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

AB Direct - Heifers

Live: 296.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 487.00-491.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

US Trade- Steers

Live: 218.00-220.00 (TX, KN), 225.00-228.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 352.00-360.00 (NE, IA) last week

US Trade - Heifers

Live: 218.00-220.00 (TX, KN), 225.00-228.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 352.00-360.00 (NE, IA) last week

Canadian Dollar

$71.58
0.34
January 3, 2021 Issues & Insights

What We’re Reading | An Evolution of Lean Beef: Building on a Success Story

Responding to its market, the beef industry began making important changes in both perceived and actual nutritional properties of its products nearly 40 years ago. Those changes and the resulting impact they have had in marketing beef are more significant than most producers realize.

The industry’s first wake-up call came in 1977 when the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs released the Dietary Goals for the American People. Among other things, that document recommended Americans decrease consumption of meat in favor of poultry and fish.

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Cattle Report

Updated: 12/05/2025

Steers

Live: 296.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 487.00-491.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

Heifers

Live: 296.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 487.00-491.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

Choice Steers

Live: 218.00-220.00 (TX, KN), 225.00-228.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 352.00-360.00 (NE, IA) last week

Choice Heifers

Live: 218.00-220.00 (TX, KN), 225.00-228.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 352.00-360.00 (NE, IA) last week

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 284.86

Canadian Dollar

$71.58   0.34

Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
28-Jul-25 274 -- --
25-Aug-25 268 390 --
22-Sep-25 264 392 450
20-Oct-25 258 386 452
17-Nov-25 252 380 446
15-Dec-25 254 370 442
Last Updated on May 1, 2025