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AB Direct - Steers
AB Direct - Heifers
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Rail: 513.50-515.25 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 513.50-515.25 FOB feedlot (last week)
US Trade- Steers
Live: 225.00-226.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 355.00-356.00 (NE, IA) last week
Rail: 355.00-356.00 (NE, IA) last week
US Trade - Heifers
Live: 225.00-226.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 355.00-356.00 (NE, IA) last week
Rail: 355.00-356.00 (NE, IA) last week
Canadian Dollar
$72.34
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Lakeland College
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March 24, 2026
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4-H Alberta programs and scholarships offer new opportunities for youth this spring
Alberta youth involved in 4-H will have a range of opportunities to build skills, gain experience, and plan for the future this spring, with new provincial programs and scholarships now open for 2026. As outlined in its latest Scoops newsletter, 4-H Alberta continues to emphasize hands-on learning and leadership development through its “learn to do…
November 10, 2025
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Five simple ways to support your mental health on the farm
Mental health conversations in agriculture often happen only when things reach a breaking point — and that’s something Erica Parker wants to change. Parker works as a Canadian Certified Counsellor at Lakeland College with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, and has spent years working with farmers and ranchers. She wants people to know…
August 7, 2024
Innovation & Technology
Virtual fencing on a Canadian landscape
A two-year research study examines how virtual fencing technology might fit the Canadian landscape. European and U.S. cattle industries experienced an influx of livestock-based technologies lately including virtual fencing. While it appears successful in warmer climates, will this technology hold up in colder, Canadian regions to become a fixture of cattle management? Alexandra Harland, a…
February 8, 2024
Health & Production
Decision Time: Selecting heifers for the season ahead
Each winter many producers face tough decisions about which heifers to retain to breed as replacements, and which to sell or send to the feedlot. Recent record-high cattle prices have great influence over those decisions. It often begins with a visual appraisal…How does she look? How tall is she? What does she weigh? Is she…
November 3, 2023
Health & Production
The value of ‘hands-on’ BCS for a commercial beef herd
The literal act of completing ‘hands-on’ body condition scoring (BCS) is often thought of by commercial beef producers as a procedure done strictly in academic trials, research studies, or by seedstock operations. Many bypass the practice altogether, choosing instead to rely on experience, assessing their herd’s degree of condition from the feed truck or tractor…
May 25, 2023
Innovation & Technology
Share your thoughts on swathgrazing
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and Lakeland College are looking for cow-calf producers in Western Canada to provide their thoughts on the use of swathgrazing and spring residue cleanup. Producers don’t have to be currently swathgrazing to participate in the survey, as the researchers want to learn from adopters, non-adopters and dis-adopters of this…
January 12, 2022
Innovation & Technology
Precision ranching with BETSY
Digital has replaced a lot of handwritten records, but move away from the trusty, dog-eared, fit-in-your-pocket farm supply store cow record notebook? Well, it looks like even that ‘sacred cow’ has got some stiff competition… from BETSY. BETSY, or ‘Bovine Expert Tracking and Surveillance,’ brings the same approach applied in precision farming to the ranching…
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Cattle Report
Updated: August 24, 2026
Steers
Live: ---
Rail: 513.50-515.25 FOB feedlot (last week)
Heifers
Live: ---
Rail: 513.50-515.25 FOB feedlot (last week)
Choice Steers
Live: 225.00-226.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 355.00-356.00 (NE, IA) last week
Choice Heifers
Live: 225.00-226.00 (IA, NE) last week
Rail: 355.00-356.00 (NE, IA) last week
Boner Cows
Over 500 lbs: 327.05
Canadian Dollar
$72.34 0.39
Livestock Price Insurance Index
| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-26 | 274 | 430 | -- |
| 14-Dec-26 | 276 | 414 | -- |
| 8-Feb-27 | 272 | 408 | -- |
| 8-Mar-27 | 270 | 406 | -- |
| 5-Apr-27 | 276 | 404 | - |
| 3-May-27 | 282 | 404 | -- |
Last Updated on August 20, 2026
