CAN/US $ Jan09 83.87 Jan02 82.60 Jan11/08 98.05
BANK RATE % Jan06 1.75 Dec30 1.75 Jan08/08 4.50
CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Jan03/09(prel) Dec27/08(prel) Jan05/08
CANADA 54,187 35,193 44,305
EAST 8,455 6,267 9,210
WEST 45,732 28,926 35,095
ALBERTA 41,570 26,005 31,315
WEEK END Jan10/09(est) Jan03/09(est) Jan12/08
US 601,000 511,000 634,100
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END Jan03/09 Dec27/08 Jan05/08
A 40,203 26,557 31,279
B 472 353 407
D 5,954 3,730 5,364
E 59 179 438
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END Jan03/09 Dec27/08 Jan05/08
A 1.6% 2.6% 1.9%
AA 48.0% 48.9% 44.1%
AAA 50.4% 48.5% 54.0%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END Jan03/09(prel) Dec27/08(prel) Jan05/08
STEERS 27,992 17,566 19,959
HEIFERS 13,183 9,632 11,888
COWS 12,945 7,809 11,992
BULLS 67 186 466
CALVES 3,037 3,036 3,275
CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jan09/2009
MTH LIVE CHG MTH FEEDER CHG
FEB 83.10 -4.00 JAN 94.10 -1.50
APR 86.83 -3.92 MAR 92.67 -2.85
JUN 85.70 -2.30 APR 94.00 -2.15
AUG 86.70 -1.15 MAY 95.60 -2.25
OCT 90.08 -0.72 AUG 97.67 -1.58
DEC 92.22 +0.22 SEP 97.90 -1.85
WEEK END Jan09/09 Jan02/09 Jan11/08
US FSP - US$/CWT 96.52 91.96 98.82
CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL Jan02/09 Dec26/08 Jan04/08
EAST-$/HEAD N/A N/A 79.79
WEST-$/HEAD N/A N/A 99.50
US-US$/CWT 6.35 6.19 9.86
CURRENTNESS Jan03/09 Dec27/08 Jan05/08
ALTA-A1% 59.6% 63.6% 61.0%
CAN-A1% 61.1% 63.2% 58.2%
FD:STR RATIO Jan02/09 Dec26/08 Jan04/08
ALTA BARLEY 21.8 23.0 17.6
Jan03/09 Dec27/08 Jan05/08
US CORN N/A 22.0 20.5
AVG CARCASS WT Jan03/09 Dec27/08 Jan05/08
ALTA STR-LBS 827.0 826.0 853.0
CAN STR-LBS 830.0 827.0 877.0
US CATTLE-LBS 784.0 786.0 784.0
LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END Jan09/09 Jan02/09 Jan11/08
ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW 141.00 142.00 136.50
STR-HIGH 143.85 144.35 139.80
HFR-LOW 141.00 144.35 138.00
HFR-HIGH 143.85 144.35 139.80
ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 82.00-86.00 83.00-85.75 79.25-82.75
AVERAGE N/A 84.34 82.75
VOLUME N/A 13,474 13,611
HFR-RANGE 83.00-86.15 84.50-85.75 80.15-83.60
AVERAGE N/A 84.51 82.84
VOLUME N/A 4,562 4,894
OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
Jan09/09 Jan02/09 Jan11/08
STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 76.00-83.65
NEBRASKA* N/A-N/A 84.00-86.00 88.00-89.00
HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 76.10-84.30
NEBRASKA* 82.00-83.00 86.00-87.00 88.50-91.50
COWS - D1,2
CLYDE 33.00-43.00 N/A-N/A 28.00-36.00
SIOUX F* 47.00 N/A 52.25
800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 88.00-98.00 N/A-N/A 80.00-86.75
PONOKA 84.00-95.00 N/A-N/A 81.00-86.50
STRATHMOR 85.00-98.00 N/A-N/A 75.00-86.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 82.00-92.00
700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 88.00-101.25 N/A-N/A 82.00-91.25
PONOKA 84.00-97.00 N/A-N/A 83.00-89.00
STRATHMOR 90.00-100.00 N/A-N/A 78.00-88.00
C.NEBRAS* N/A-N/A 93.00-101.00 93.00-109.00
600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 95.00-104.25 N/A-N/A 88.00-98.00
PONOKA 84.00-99.00 N/A-N/A 84.00-95.00
STRATHMOR 92.00-108.00 N/A-N/A 80.00-94.00
500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 98.00-115.00 N/A-N/A 95.00-108.00
PONOKA 90.00-105.00 N/A-N/A 85.00-100.00
STRATHMOR 95.00-110.00 N/A-N/A 85.00-100.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 82.00-107.00
700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 83.00-89.50 N/A-N/A 74.00-80.50
PONOKA 82.00-86.00 N/A-N/A 74.00-80.00
STRATHMOR 80.00-94.00 N/A-N/A 70.00-83.00
500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 85.00-93.00 N/A-N/A 80.00-86.75
PONOKA 85.00-90.00 N/A-N/A 75.00-87.00
STRATHMOR 75.00-100.00 N/A-N/A 75.00-90.00
NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Dec26/2008
CATTLE FROM US TO US TO US TO US
SLTR SLTR FDR HOGS
CANADA N/A N/A N/A N/A
EAST N/A N/A N/A N/A
WEST N/A N/A N/A N/A
BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING Jan09/09 Jan02/09 Jan11/08
CALGARY-STRS N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 143-144
CDA CUTOUT AAA N/A N/A 150.71
CDA CUTOUT AA/A N/A N/A 146.75
US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END Jan09/09 Jan02/09 Jan11/08
CHOICE 6-900 144.50 143.49 149.24
SELECT 6-900 136.53 135.55 138.95
HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Jan03/09(prel) Dec27/08(prel) Jan05/08
CANADA N/A N/A 300,791
EAST N/A N/A 186,936
WEST N/A N/A 113,855
ALBERTA N/A N/A 31,363
WEEK END Jan10/09(est) Jan03/09(est) Jan12/08
US 2,386,000 1,918,000 2,434,500
HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END Jan08/09 Jan01/09 Jan10/08
ALTA AVG N/A N/A .865
ONT AVG N/A N/A .896
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END Jan09/09 Jan02/09 Jan11/08
US $/CWT 56.88 51.50 47.44
CAN EQVT $/KG 1.748 1.607 1.247
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT 59.05 54.85 56.19
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT CAN/US$ CLOSE Jan09/2009
MTH LEAN CHG MTH FUTURES CHG
FEB 62.45 -1.40 MAR .8420 +0.0183
APR 68.60 -2.68 JUN .8426 +0.0176
MAY 80.42 -1.03 SEP .8437 +0.0171
JUN 80.75 -1.50 DEC .8438 +0.0159
JUL 81.15 -0.20 MAR .8444 +0.0157
AUG 79.20 +0.85 JUN .8450 +0.0156
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END Jan03/09 Dec27/08 Jan05/08
AV DRSD WT US-LBS 203.0 203.0 204.0
FD:HOG RATIO Jan02/09Dec26/08Jan04/08
US CORN 13.0 12.8 10.8
Jan02/09 Dec26/08 Jan04/08
ALTA BARLEY N/A 10.8 6.4
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jan08/2009
MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS SHEEP
(95-115 LBS) (61-80 LBS) (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO 173.81-200.00 188.65-316.00 N/A
TEXAS (US$) N/A N/A 38.50$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jan01/2009
CENTRAL ALTA 115.20-121.92
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