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Live: 262.00-265.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 416.50-418.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

AB Direct - Heifers

Live: 262.00-265.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 416.50-418.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

US Trade- Steers

Live: 191.00 (TX, KN) 195.00 (NE, CO) last week
Rail: 302.00-312.00 (IA, NE) last week

US Trade - Heifers

Live: 191.00 (TX, KN) 195.00 (NE, CO) last week
Rail: 302.00-312.00 (IA, NE) last week

Canadian Dollar

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  • Alberta Beef Industry Conference

    Imagine spending two days with passionate beef pros, from ranchers to top industry experts, all sharing the latest buzz on sustainable practices, market trends, and the future of Alberta beef. Join us at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference!

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August 5, 2021 Business Tools

CCA shares document to help beef and crop farmers develop grazing agreements

In response to the growing concerns around drought, and alternate feed sources, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) has released a document to help farmers and ranchers develop grazing agreements. From collecting contact information to negotiating a price, the document covers the key considerations for a successful partnership. It also offers an extensive list of resources…

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February 17, 2021 Innovation & Technology

What We’re Reading | Soil Health Sabermetrics

Successful Farming by Bill Spiegel Billy Beane upended professional baseball in the early 1990s when he added unprecedented levels of data analysis to traditional player scouting metrics of running, fielding, throwing, hitting, and hitting for power.   The general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team’s use of data – called sabermetrics in baseball jargon…

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February 14, 2021 Issues & Insights

CCA: Leading the conversation

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) is helping to lead the conversation and improve consumer confidence in the cattle industry. Burger King™ Back on Track In July 2020, Burger King™ launched a campaign announcing an open-source solution to methane emissions from cows. Unfortunately, the video focused on bovine flatulence instead of belching. CCA’s Public and Stakeholder…

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February 11, 2021 Trailblazers

Finding opportunity in the midst of catastrophe

No question, the beef industry has been changed and challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our strategic approach has been all about responding, recovering and resetting, as the pandemic continues to disrupt business as usual, creating the next normal. Retail and food service operators are all responding by experimenting and innovating, recognizing that there are opportunities…

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February 5, 2021 Trailblazers

Introducing Corey Meyer

We are thrilled to welcome Corey Meyer to ABP. This issue, we ask: “Hey Corey, what’s popular at the meat counter these days?“ Customers. No, really. Right now we find many customers coming back to the meat counter to talk one-on-one with their butcher. They have questions. They want to be more involved, connect with…

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January 24, 2021 Innovation & Technology

What We’re Reading | Smart Farming, or the Future of Agriculture

We are a Ukraine-based company which means that our parents and grandparents lived in the era of infamous Soviet collective farms, where tractors were considered to be an ultimate technology. For them, a smart farm will sound like a fairy tale. So let it be, a fairy tale of a smart farm. First of all,…

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January 15, 2021 Issues & Insights

What We’re Reading | Vaccination of the Beef Herd: Tips to Remember

Vaccines stimulate the immune system of the animal to produce antibodies. Antibodies (or immunoglobulins) are proteins created by cells in the blood or in various lymphoid tissues that can be found in the intestine or upper respiratory tract. These specific proteins help to destroy various infectious organisms that can cause disease. Cattle also produce antibodies…

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January 7, 2021 Issues & Insights

What We’re Reading | World Beef Production: Ranking of Countries

The United States is the largest producer of beef in the world followed by Brazil & the European Union.  The United States, Brazil and the European Union produce roughly 47% of the world’s beef.  The United States produces nearly 20% of the world’s beef.  Brazil produces 15% of the world’s beef.  The European Union produces…

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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….

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December 23, 2020 Issues & Insights

What We’re Reading | Proposed Clean Fuel Standard “Very Positive,” says Canola Council

The federal government’s Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) could create a new market equal in size to that of Japan’s for Canadian canola, according to the Canola Council of Canada. The draft regulations supporting the new fuel standard, which would require fuel companies reduce the lifecycle carbon intensity of their fuels, were published in Canada Gazette on December 18….

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December 18, 2020 Issues & Insights

What We’re Reading | Loblaw first Canadian retailer to purchase certified sustainable beef

Loblaw Companies Limited plans to purchase one million pounds of beef from the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) farms and ranches, becoming the first Canadian retailer to do so, according to the company. Loblaw is a founding member of CRSB. The beef purchased was raised on certified sustainable farms and ranches that meet the…

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December 13, 2020 Innovation & Technology

What We’re Reading | Fun Facts: Products we get from Beef Cattle

What comes to mind when you hear the word “beef”? Perhaps, meat, hamburger, steak or even leather. These are all products of the beef animal (or cattle), but there are also many other byproducts. Beef byproducts are the products that we get from beef cattle that might not be quite so obvious. For example, soap…

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Featured

  • Alberta Beef Industry Conference

    Imagine spending two days with passionate beef pros, from ranchers to top industry experts, all sharing the latest buzz on sustainable practices, market trends, and the future of Alberta beef. Join us at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference!

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Cattle Report

Updated: 23/12/2024

Steers

Live: 262.00-265.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 416.50-418.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

Heifers

Live: 262.00-265.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 416.50-418.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

Choice Steers

Live: 191.00 (TX, KN) 195.00 (NE, CO) last week
Rail: 302.00-312.00 (IA, NE) last week

Choice Heifers

Live: 191.00 (TX, KN) 195.00 (NE, CO) last week
Rail: 302.00-312.00 (IA, NE) last week

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 227.75

Canadian Dollar

$69.58   0.31

Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
3-Mar-25 240 344 --
31-Mar-25 244 346 --
28-Apr-25 248 346 --
26-May-25 254 346 --
23-Jun-25 256 344 --
21-Jul-25 248 -- --
18-Aug-25 244 350 --
Last Updated on December 5, 2024

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