Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 29, 2007

The next weekly will be published on Friday, July 06, 2007
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

CAN/US $ Jun29  94.04 Jun22  93.67 Jun30/06  89.69
BANK RATE % Jun26  4.50 Jun19  4.50 Jun27/06  4.50

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun23/07(prel)  Jun16/07(prel)  Jun24/06
CANADA      66,835          68,753          69,724
EAST        15,208          16,215          17,695
WEST        51,627          52,538          52,029
ALBERTA     47,099          47,750          45,465
WEEK END  Jun30/07(est)   Jun23/07(est)   Jul01/06
US         696,000         698,000         706,700
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun23/07        Jun16/07        Jun24/06
A           52,346          53,411          55,945
B            1,311           1,263           1,127
D            4,749           4,975           3,633
E              615             639             591
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun23/07        Jun16/07        Jun24/06
A             4.2%            4.3%            4.9%
AA           51.1%           51.6%           54.2%
AAA          44.7%           44.0%           40.9%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun23/07(prel)  Jun16/07(prel)  Jun24/06
STEERS      37,368          36,872          40,276
HEIFERS     16,868          18,183          17,463
COWS        11,639          12,586          11,169
BULLS          960           1,112             816
CALVES       4,892           5,126           4,608

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun29/2007
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN   85.50   -2.30            AUG  111.55   +3.15
AUG   90.27   +0.62            SEP  111.85   +3.18
OCT   94.72   +1.35            OCT  111.90   +3.10
DEC   96.17   +1.25            NOV  112.15   +3.73
FEB   97.37   +1.12            JAN  110.25   +3.65
APR   98.35   +1.30            MAR  108.70   +3.00
WEEK END        Jun29/07     Jun22/07     Jun30/06
US FSP - US$/CWT  108.12       107.90       113.16

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun22/07     Jun15/07     Jun23/06
  EAST-$/HEAD      92.69        92.69        89.70
  WEST-$/HEAD     103.00       104.00        92.00
  US-US$/CWT       10.29        10.30         8.10
CURRENTNESS     Jun23/07     Jun16/07     Jun24/06
  ALTA-A1%         67.6%        69.0%        70.0%
  CAN-A1%          67.3%        68.9%        70.4%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun22/07     Jun15/07     Jun23/06
  ALTA BARLEY       21.3         22.3         34.7
                Jun23/07     Jun16/07     Jun24/06
  US CORN           22.7         22.1         40.7

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun23/07     Jun16/07     Jun24/06
  ALTA STR-LBS     807.0        811.0        808.0
  CAN STR-LBS      807.0        810.0        813.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    759.0        756.0        769.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun29/07        Jun22/07        Jun30/06
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     136.00          143.30          146.80
STR-HIGH    139.40          148.00          148.00
HFR-LOW     137.50          145.00          146.80
HFR-HIGH    138.50          146.30          148.00
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  81.50-83.60    86.00-89.25    86.85-90.50
AVERAGE        N/A           87.94           88.68
VOLUME         N/A          17,200          18,076
HFR-RANGE  81.00-83.55    86.35-89.25    87.75-89.65
AVERAGE        N/A           87.59           89.17
VOLUME         N/A           5,541           5,194

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun29/07        Jun22/07        Jun30/06
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      91.90-104.10   88.30-101.65
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A      85.00-87.00    82.00-83.50
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      86.80-103.50   79.80-97.90
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A      85.00-87.00    83.00-83.75
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      35.00-44.50    35.00-45.50    28.00-38.00
SIOUX F*     59.00           60.00           55.00

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     100.00-105.50  100.00-102.50  104.00-117.25
PONOKA    100.00-107.00   97.00-107.00  112.00-122.00
STRATHMOR  95.00-100.00   95.00-100.00   85.00-97.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      98.00-112.00  109.00-120.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     105.00-116.70  105.00-119.50  113.00-128.75
PONOKA    102.00-110.00  110.00-116.00  120.00-130.00
STRATHMOR 100.00-110.00  100.00-113.00  100.00-125.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A        N/A-N/A     112.00-129.00
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     120.00-126.00  120.00-126.00  122.00-136.00
PONOKA    110.00-125.00  117.00-126.00  125.00-140.00
STRATHMOR 100.00-125.00  100.00-125.00  110.00-128.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     125.00-137.50  125.00-133.50  133.00-147.00
PONOKA    110.00-130.00  122.00-135.00  130.00-145.00
STRATHMOR 100.00-115.00  110.00-144.00  110.00-133.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     101.00-139.00  124.00-145.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     100.00-109.50  100.00-104.25  106.00-120.75
PONOKA     95.00-106.00   98.00-109.00  108.00-116.00
STRATHMOR  90.00-100.00   90.00-100.00  101.00-115.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     110.00-115.50  110.00-117.50  118.00-133.00
PONOKA    110.00-116.00  110.00-116.50  118.00-130.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A        N/A-N/A     102.00-123.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jun22/2007
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA           827    10,654     8,033    60,476
EAST             827     2,365         0    15,263
WEST               0     8,289     8,033    45,213

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun29/07     Jun22/07     Jun30/06
CALGARY-STRS     155-156      156-158      144-146
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A          N/A       175.54
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A          N/A       161.03

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun29/07     Jun22/07     Jun30/06
CHOICE 6-900      139.32       142.70       153.70
SELECT 6-900      132.25       136.55       130.85

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun23/07(prel)  Jun16/07(prel)  Jun24/06
CANADA     400,277         373,039         394,720
EAST       245,902         217,938         216,118
WEST       154,375         155,101         178,602
ALBERTA     54,101          55,077          68,144
WEEK END  Jun30/07(est)   Jun23/07(est)   Jul01/06
US       1,939,000       1,932,000       1,858,900

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun28/07        Jun21/07        Jun29/06
ALTA AVG     1.387           1.375           1.472
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.626
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun29/07     Jun22/07     Jun30/06
US $/CWT             N/A        78.34        70.25
CAN EQVT $/KG        N/A        2.156        2.019
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           72.60        78.33        79.58
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun29/2007
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUL   71.22   -2.80            SEP   .9426 +0.0052
AUG   70.67   -1.70            DEC   .9441 +0.0052
OCT   64.12   -1.38            MAR   .9451 +0.0052
DEC   61.42   -1.63            JUN   .9461 +0.0052
FEB   65.20   -1.62            SEP   .9471 +0.0052
APR   67.05   -1.95            DEC   .9481 +0.0052
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun23/07   Jun16/07   Jun24/06
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    202.0      203.0      201.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun22/07Jun15/07Jun23/06
  US CORN               20.4       17.7       39.6
                    Jun22/07   Jun15/07   Jun23/06
  ALTA BARLEY           12.1       11.8       22.9

SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun28/2007
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-115 LBS)   (61-80 LBS)   (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      143.48-170.00  151.05-222.50     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A        106.50      39.75$/CWT
CENTRAL ALTA 115.68-129.60
(INNISFAIL)