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Rail: 355.00-363.00 (IA, NE) last week

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Rail: 355.00-363.00 (IA, NE) last week

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June 13, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Canfax Weekly Article | Report for the week of June 13, 2022

Last week, Canfax fed steer and heifer price closed around $172.25/cwt, $1/cwt higher than the previous week. Alberta fed prices have averaged in the low $170’s/cwt for the past five weeks. Last week dressed sales were reported from $286.50-288.50/cwt FOB the lot. Ontario fed prices were trading at a $18/cwt premium against the Albert market,…

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June 11, 2022 Trailblazers

What We’re Reading | Fewer farmers in Alberta in 2021, but number of women increasing: StatsCan

By Nicholas Frew for CBC News Valerie Ehrenholz is busy on the family farm. Her to-do list varies by season, but last Thursday it included caring for the cattle, setting up an electric fence and tending to a barbed-wire fence, and helping her father, who seeded a field to grow grain. If time allowed, she’d tend to…

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June 10, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Here’s what’s up with ground beef labelling in Canada

Editor’s Note: Alberta Beef Producers reached out to Health Canada to join us on The Bovine in answering a list of supplied questions. Health Canada responded saying they “do not have an expert to provide for an interview on this issue at this time.” The issue In October 2016, Health Canada launched the Healthy Eating…

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June 9, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Survey: Attention Grazing Leaseholders

Earlier this year, a random sample of grazing leaseholders received a package in the mail regarding a grazing lease cost survey. Unfortunately, there has been very poor survey response. As this survey is being done to benefit disposition holders we need some help meeting the numbers necessary to provide significant cost reporting. The cost survey…

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June 8, 2022 Inspiration

Let’s talk Tomahawk

When it comes to the Tomahawk steak, we refer to it as the “showstopper.” For those of us who grew up watching cartoons, it’s the steak that Fred Flintstone ate. Its massive presentation on the bone makes the steak look primal – which is all part of its appeal, and of course when prepared to…

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June 7, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Developing a strong vaccination program

A good vaccination program for your calves is vital in protecting the health of your animals and ensuring your bottom line when it comes time to sell them. Kent Fenton is a veterinarian with Feedlot Health Management Services powered by TELUS Agriculture. “Calves can probably go through more stress of all sorts and still be…

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June 6, 2022 Current Markets & Forecasts

Canfax Weekly Article | Report for the week of June 6, 2022

Last week’s large speculative cash offering saw lackluster buying interest, and procurement volumes were limited. The bulk of dressed sales were reported steady to $2/cwt lower than the previous week at $288-289/cwt delivered. Weighted average prices were generally $1/cwt lower than the previous week. June kill schedules have been booked up and deliveries are now…

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June 6, 2022 Issues & Insights

What We’re Reading | Dry spring forcing some Alberta cattle ranchers to evaluate their herds

By CBC News After last year’s summer drought prompted many Alberta cattle ranchers to cull their herds, ongoing dry weather this winter and spring, especially in the southern part of the province, could mean more of the same. “If we don’t get some significant rainfall, you know, in my area in the next couple of weeks,…

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June 5, 2022 Checking in with ABP

What We’re Watching | Preserving the Canadian grasslands

Via Better Living TV Canada For hundreds of years, the Canadian grassland has been home to a cycle of harvest & restoration. Years ago, the bison would live, traverse, eat and thrive in the venerable Canadian grasslands; a true partnership of nature, where both animal & environment flourished. In our modern life, this legacy lives…

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June 4, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Out and about with Alberta Beef Producers

It has been a busy few months out and about with Alberta Beef Producers. I was able to attend a number of bull congresses, bull sales, our producer meetings and our AGM in Red Deer. While the Bull Congresses were perhaps smaller than they have been in previous years, the quality of the cattle on…

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June 3, 2022 Issues & Insights

What We’re Reading | For Health Canada, some saturated fats are more equal than others

By Sylvain Charlebois Looks like we will all see different symbols on food packaging soon, telling us whether a food product at the grocery store has too much fat, sugar or sodium. Health Canada is likely going forward shortly with a policy requiring front-of-package nutrition symbols on foods high in saturated fat, sugars and sodium….

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June 3, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Getting the right message to consumers with online beef advocacy course

Nikki Olson is confident talking about cattle and their benefits with other cattle producers, but the farm-raised agronomist was unsure about the best way to talk about livestock to city folks. To ensure she had the best messages and tools to talk to consumers, Olson enrolled in the Beef Advocacy Canada program, a three-hour, online…

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Cattle Report

Updated: December 22, 2025

Steers

Live: ---
Rail: 492.00-493.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

Heifers

Live: ---
Rail: 492.00-493.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

Choice Steers

Live: 228.00 (NE, IA) last week
Rail: 355.00-363.00 (IA, NE) last week

Choice Heifers

Live: 228.00 (NE, IA) last week
Rail: 355.00-363.00 (IA, NE) last week

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 301.90

Canadian Dollar

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Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
16-Mar-26 286 446 --
13-Apr-26 290 444 --
11-May-26 298 446 --
08-June-26 302 444 --
06-July-26 294 -- --
03-Aug-26 288 -- --
31-Aug-26 278 440 --
Last Updated on December 18, 2025