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AB Direct - Steers

Live: 306.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 502.50-506.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

AB Direct - Heifers

Live: 306.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 502.50-506.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

US Trade- Steers

Live: 230.00-233.00 (IA, NE), 233.00 (TX, KN) last week
Rail: 365.00 (NE, IA) last week

US Trade - Heifers

Live: 230.00-233.00 (IA, NE), 233.00 (TX, KN) last week
Rail: 365.00 (NE, IA) last week

Canadian Dollar

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December 5, 2020 Weather

What We’re Reading | 20 Signs of a Hard Winter Ahead

Before there were weather apps for your smartphone, Doppler radar, or the National Weather Service, our ancestors looked to the signs from nature to prepare for what was to come. A wonderful friend of Farmers’ Almanac’s Editor, Ray Geiger’s, Cleveland weather guru Dick Goddard put together a laundry list of 20 signs of nature that can predict a harsh winter ahead. We featured the list in the 1978 Farmers’ Almanac, and it is still relevant today.

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Cattle Report

Updated: January 19, 2026

Steers

Live: 306.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 502.50-506.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

Heifers

Live: 306.00 FOB feedlot (last week)
Rail: 502.50-506.50 FOB feedlot (last week)

Choice Steers

Live: 230.00-233.00 (IA, NE), 233.00 (TX, KN) last week
Rail: 365.00 (NE, IA) last week

Choice Heifers

Live: 230.00-233.00 (IA, NE), 233.00 (TX, KN) last week
Rail: 365.00 (NE, IA) last week

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 297.87

Canadian Dollar

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Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
13-Apr-26 300 474 --
11-May-26 310 476 --
08-June-26 314 474 --
06-July-26 308 -- --
03-Aug-26 304 -- --
31-Aug-26 296 470 --
28-Sep-26 292 470 --
Last Updated on January 15, 2026