Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 08, 2007

The next weekly will be published on Friday, June 15, 2007
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

CAN/US $ Jun08  94.14 Jun01  94.30 Jun09/06  90.32
BANK RATE % Jun05  4.50 May29  4.50 Jun06/06  4.50

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun02/07(prel)  May26/07(prel)  Jun03/06
CANADA      60,537          55,301          70,057
EAST        15,320          13,182          18,995
WEST        45,217          42,119          51,062
ALBERTA     40,364          38,223          44,113
WEEK END  Jun09/07(est)   Jun02/07(est)   Jun10/06
US         697,000         609,000         711,700
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun02/07        May26/07        Jun03/06
A           45,800          43,080          55,508
B            1,097             797           1,159
D            4,750           3,774           3,583
E              578             389             484
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun02/07        May26/07        Jun03/06
A             4.2%            4.3%            4.2%
AA           51.6%           50.3%           52.6%
AAA          44.2%           45.4%           43.2%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun02/07(prel)  May26/07(prel)  Jun03/06
STEERS      30,221          29,917          35,616
HEIFERS     17,046          14,467          21,707
COWS        12,234          10,239          12,080
BULLS        1,036             678             654
CALVES       5,244           4,281           5,425

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun08/2007
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN   89.72   -1.08            AUG  108.20   -2.05
AUG   89.60   -1.07            SEP  108.17   -1.90
OCT   93.22   -1.10            OCT  108.20   -1.70
DEC   94.60   -0.87            NOV  108.30   -0.92
FEB   95.92   -0.50            JAN  106.15   -0.65
APR   96.40   -0.25            MAR  105.30   -1.20
WEEK END        Jun08/07     Jun01/07     Jun09/06
US FSP - US$/CWT  107.60       107.82       108.53

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun01/07     May25/07     Jun02/06
  EAST-$/HEAD      97.69        97.69        89.70
  WEST-$/HEAD     102.00       100.00        90.00
  US-US$/CWT       10.35        10.39         7.97
CURRENTNESS     Jun02/07     May26/07     Jun03/06
  ALTA-A1%         67.0%        66.9%        71.6%
  CAN-A1%          67.4%        67.7%        71.5%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun01/07     May25/07     Jun02/06
  ALTA BARLEY       23.8         24.2         34.4
                Jun02/07     May26/07     Jun03/06
  US CORN           24.3         26.0         37.5

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun02/07     May26/07     Jun03/06
  ALTA STR-LBS     797.0        799.0        804.0
  CAN STR-LBS      799.0        800.0        810.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    747.0        747.0        762.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun08/07        Jun01/07        Jun09/06
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     145.45          155.75          140.50
STR-HIGH    153.30          161.30          143.95
HFR-LOW     148.35          155.75          140.50
HFR-HIGH    153.00          161.30          143.00
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  88.80-95.00    93.00-96.50    83.50-87.00
AVERAGE        N/A           96.05           86.06
VOLUME         N/A          16,440          16,437
HFR-RANGE  91.00-91.60    93.00-96.00    83.50-87.00
AVERAGE        N/A           95.81           86.09
VOLUME         N/A           6,100           7,751

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun08/07        Jun01/07        Jun09/06
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      96.85-109.25   89.80-101.10
NEBRASKA*  91.00-91.00    91.00-93.00    80.00-81.50
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      96.10-107.60   82.95-100.00
NEBRASKA*  91.00-91.00    91.50-93.00    80.00-81.50
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      38.00-43.50    38.00-43.50    32.00-42.00
SIOUX F*     62.75           61.50           54.00

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     100.00-105.50  104.00-110.00  100.00-117.75
PONOKA    100.00-104.75  101.00-105.75  107.00-113.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A      95.00-106.00   91.00-108.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     102.00-113.00   97.00-116.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     105.00-116.75  110.00-118.50  105.00-129.50
PONOKA    107.00-113.25  106.00-114.35  114.00-119.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     100.00-118.00  101.00-116.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A     106.00-110.75  108.50-123.75
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     120.00-128.50  120.00-130.50  120.00-141.00
PONOKA    114.00-123.50  120.00-126.25  125.00-135.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     100.00-129.00  110.00-132.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     125.00-136.00  125.00-140.00  125.00-146.00
PONOKA    123.00-130.00  126.00-135.00  136.00-149.50
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     110.00-144.00  110.00-135.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      98.00-133.00  115.00-144.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     100.00-105.50  100.00-113.00  105.00-117.50
PONOKA    104.00-109.25  100.00-106.60  107.00-113.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A      93.00-104.00   88.00-113.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     115.00-116.25  115.00-123.00  110.00-129.00
PONOKA    112.00-118.00  112.00-119.00  115.00-125.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     100.00-117.00  100.00-123.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jun01/2007
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA           624     7,310     6,768    54,470
EAST             624     1,714        63    13,369
WEST               0     5,596     6,705    41,101

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun08/07     Jun01/07     Jun09/06
CALGARY-STRS     165-166      169-171      145-147
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A          N/A       174.76
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A          N/A       161.79

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun08/07     Jun01/07     Jun09/06
CHOICE 6-900      152.72       156.07       154.27
SELECT 6-900      144.60       146.78       131.19

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun02/07(prel)  May26/07(prel)  Jun03/06
CANADA     392,278         342,119         422,047
EAST       251,442         203,230         242,147
WEST       140,836         138,889         179,900
ALBERTA     38,433          50,104          69,417
WEEK END  Jun09/07(est)   Jun02/07(est)   Jun10/06
US       1,924,000       1,720,000       1,897,400

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun07/07        May31/07        Jun08/06
ALTA AVG     1.310           1.363           1.363
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.346
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun08/07     Jun01/07     Jun09/06
US $/CWT             N/A        70.99        73.47
CAN EQVT $/KG        N/A        1.941        2.097
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           72.89        75.17        72.23
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun08/2007
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUN   72.87   -2.00            JUN   .9428 +0.0006
JUL   73.75   -1.40            SEP   .9449 +0.0006
AUG   73.37   -1.13            DEC   .9464 +0.0003
OCT   67.50   -0.55            MAR   .9477 +0.0000
DEC   65.65   +0.13            JUN   .9486 +0.0000
FEB   67.90   -0.22            SEP   .9495 +0.0000
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun02/07   May26/07   Jun03/06
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    203.0      203.0      203.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun01/07May25/07Jun02/06
  US CORN               19.2       24.4       30.6
                    Jun01/07   May25/07   Jun02/06
  ALTA BARLEY           12.3       12.1       18.2

SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun07/2007
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-115 LBS)   (61-80 LBS)   (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      133.01-172.00  141.38-235.00     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A        109.00      39.75$/CWT
CENTRAL ALTA 122.88-129.12
(INNISFAIL)