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AB Direct - Steers

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Rail: 485.00-490.00 del

AB Direct - Heifers

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Rail: 485.00-490.00 del

US Trade- Steers

Live: 220.00 (NE)
Rail: 340.00-345.00 (IA, NE)

US Trade - Heifers

Live: 220.00 (NE)
Rail: 340.00-345.00 (IA, NE)

Canadian Dollar

$72.11
0.39

Diagnostic Services Unit (DSU)

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August 21, 2025 Checking in with ABP

University of Calgary opens full-service Diagnostic Services Unit

The University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has officially opened its Diagnostic Services Unit (DSU), now offering a full range of veterinary diagnostic services for Alberta’s livestock sector. The DSU provides affordable, in-province testing supported by the Government of Alberta, with services including pathology, cytology, bacteriology, serology, parasitology, PCR, and telepathology. Diagnostic capacity is…

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May 29, 2025 News

Alberta invests in veterinary diagnostics to support livestock industry

Starting with Budget 2025, the Alberta government is allocating $9.5 million over three years to the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM). This funding will support the operation of a comprehensive veterinary diagnostic laboratory. UCVM’s diagnostic services provide local veterinarians with accurate diagnoses at competitive prices, aiding in treatment decisions that enhance animal…

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April 28, 2023 Health & Production

What We’re Reading | One Health strategies help a farm family navigate a “winter from hell”

By the Beef Cattle Research Council For Tyler and Nancy Haraga, March 10, 2018, will forever stand out in their minds. “It was forty below with four to five feet of snow,” recalls Tyler. It had been a brutal winter, with unrelenting cold and record snowfall that persisted into March and spring simply refused to…

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June 17, 2021 Checking in with ABP

Stepping up the collaboration in diagnostic services

The University of Calgary’s Diagnostic Services Unit (DSU) held the meeting of its inaugural Livestock Stakeholder Advisory Committee this spring, and Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) is pleased that Karin Schmid, Lead, Beef Production and Extension, ABP, has since been elected as Community Chair. Background In 2020, the governments of Canada and Alberta finalized $3.44 million…

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Cattle Report

Updated: December 5, 2025

Steers

Live: ---
Rail: 485.00-490.00 del

Heifers

Live: ---
Rail: 485.00-490.00 del

Choice Steers

Live: 220.00 (NE)
Rail: 340.00-345.00 (IA, NE)

Choice Heifers

Live: 220.00 (NE)
Rail: 340.00-345.00 (IA, NE)

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 295.77

Canadian Dollar

$72.11   0.39

Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
02-Mar-26 282 434 --
30-Mar-26 284 430 --
27-Apr-26 290 430 --
25-May-26 298 432 --
22-June-26 298 428 --
20-July-26 288 -- --
17-Aug-26 289 430 --
Last Updated on December 4, 2025