CAN/US $ Feb06 80.72 Jan30 80.88 Feb08/08 100.09
BANK RATE % Feb03 1.25 Jan27 1.25 Feb05/08 4.25
CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Jan31/09(prel) Jan24/09(prel) Feb02/08
CANADA 65,007 68,408 58,368
EAST 14,281 13,638 15,154
WEST 50,726 54,770 43,214
ALBERTA 45,444 49,547 38,549
WEEK END Feb07/09(est) Jan31/09(est) Feb09/08
US 622,000 631,000 616,200
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END Jan31/09 Jan24/09 Feb02/08
A 47,572 50,204 41,597
B 582 547 587
D 6,073 7,449 6,481
E 146 95 230
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END Jan31/09 Jan24/09 Feb02/08
A 1.9% 2.2% 2.0%
AA 48.3% 51.2% 43.4%
AAA 49.8% 46.6% 54.5%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END Jan31/09(prel) Jan24/09(prel) Feb02/08
STEERS 28,593 32,330 22,841
HEIFERS 20,202 19,136 19,868
COWS 15,939 16,798 15,254
BULLS 273 144 405
CALVES 4,546 4,659 5,169
CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Feb06/2009
MTH LIVE CHG MTH FEEDER CHG
FEB 83.65 +1.65 MAR 94.35 +3.35
APR 86.70 +1.60 APR 95.53 +3.20
JUN 84.08 +1.63 MAY 97.25 +2.92
AUG 85.08 +1.98 AUG 99.40 +3.33
OCT 88.40 +1.55 SEP 99.70 +3.50
DEC 90.55 +1.25 OCT 99.65 +3.50
WEEK END Feb06/09 Jan30/09 Feb08/08
US FSP - US$/CWT 93.93 94.36 101.61
CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL Jan30/09 Jan23/09 Feb01/08
EAST-$/HEAD 64.79 64.31 78.25
WEST-$/HEAD 77.50 77.50 98.50
US-US$/CWT 6.88 6.94 10.30
CURRENTNESS Jan31/09 Jan24/09 Feb02/08
ALTA-A1% 57.7% 60.6% 59.6%
CAN-A1% 57.3% 60.7% 59.6%
FD:STR RATIO Jan30/09 Jan23/09 Feb01/08
ALTA BARLEY 23.5 23.4 17.3
Jan31/09 Jan24/09 Feb02/08
US CORN 21.8 21.9 18.9
AVG CARCASS WT Jan31/09 Jan24/09 Feb02/08
ALTA STR-LBS 821.0 829.0 841.0
CAN STR-LBS 835.0 830.0 854.0
US CATTLE-LBS 783.0 785.0 774.0
LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END Feb06/09 Jan30/09 Feb08/08
ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW 145.00 146.00 135.00
STR-HIGH 145.35 148.80 136.00
HFR-LOW 145.00 147.85 135.00
HFR-HIGH 145.33 148.80 136.00
ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 86.00-87.60 84.50-87.00 79.25-81.90
AVERAGE N/A 86.86 81.33
VOLUME N/A 12,869 12,485
HFR-RANGE 85.25-85.25 85.80-87.65 78.00-82.25
AVERAGE N/A 87.16 80.94
VOLUME N/A 4,237 5,885
OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
Feb06/09 Jan30/09 Feb08/08
STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 96.55-104.53 76.60-83.55
NEBRASKA* 81.00-81.50 78.00-81.00 90.00-91.00
HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 92.81-103.31 75.90-83.75
NEBRASKA* 80.00-80.00 78.00-81.00 90.00-91.00
COWS - D1,2
CLYDE 38.00-46.00 40.00-46.00 32.00-40.00
SIOUX F* 60.00 50.50 62.50
800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 95.00-101.00 90.00-98.75 80.00-85.00
PONOKA 97.00-101.50 90.00-103.00 80.00-86.50
STRATHMOR 85.00-102.00 85.00-98.00 75.00-88.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 91.00-106.00 85.00-92.00
700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 98.00-105.00 95.00-103.00 80.00-89.75
PONOKA 95.00-106.00 93.00-105.00 82.00-89.50
STRATHMOR 90.00-105.00 90.00-100.00 78.00-94.00
C.NEBRAS* N/A-N/A 87.50-103.10 97.75-113.25
600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 105.00-113.50 100.00-110.00 88.00-99.75
PONOKA 106.00-110.00 95.00-112.00 85.00-95.00
STRATHMOR 92.00-111.00 92.00-108.00 80.00-105.00
500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 110.00-121.50 108.00-119.00 96.00-111.00
PONOKA 114.00-120.00 105.00-120.00 88.00-104.00
STRATHMOR 95.00-122.00 95.00-114.00 85.00-112.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 97.00-125.00 97.00-109.00
700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 85.00-94.25 85.00-93.75 75.00-81.00
PONOKA 89.00-95.00 88.00-97.00 76.00-82.00
STRATHMOR 80.00-94.00 80.00-94.00 70.00-86.00
500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 92.00-101.75 90.00-99.00 85.00-93.50
PONOKA 94.00-104.00 95.00-105.00 80.00-87.00
STRATHMOR 75.00-100.00 75.00-100.00 75.00-95.00
NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jan30/2009
CATTLE FROM US TO US TO US TO US
SLTR SLTR FDR HOGS
CANADA 0 17,202 8,400 21,548
EAST 0 3,662 69 9,090
WEST 0 13,540 8,331 12,458
BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING Feb06/09 Jan30/09 Feb08/08
CALGARY-STRS 154-159 154-159 137-139
CDA CUTOUT AAA N/A 173.56 153.73
CDA CUTOUT AA/A N/A 173.74 152.60
US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END Feb06/09 Jan30/09 Feb08/08
CHOICE 6-900 139.72 145.47 148.57
SELECT 6-900 136.35 141.11 143.10
HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Jan31/09(prel) Jan24/09(prel) Feb02/08
CANADA 436,163 448,516 435,286
EAST 272,247 283,592 277,011
WEST 163,916 164,924 158,275
ALBERTA 49,255 49,647 55,325
WEEK END Feb07/09(est) Jan31/09(est) Feb09/08
US 2,222,000 2,267,000 2,194,900
HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END Feb05/09 Jan29/09 Feb07/08
ALTA AVG N/A 1.254 .990
ONT AVG N/A N/A .988
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END Feb06/09 Jan30/09 Feb08/08
US $/CWT 55.03 60.26 55.52
CAN EQVT $/KG 1.758 1.921 1.430
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT 56.83 57.49 60.82
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT CAN/US$ CLOSE Feb06/2009
MTH LEAN CHG MTH FUTURES CHG
FEB 56.35 -2.20 MAR .8154 +0.0020
APR 60.40 -2.58 JUN .8159 +0.0019
MAY 72.65 -1.92 SEP .8171 +0.0024
JUN 72.95 -2.55 DEC .8178 +0.0029
JUL 73.60 -1.88 MAR .8180 +0.0029
AUG 72.45 -1.67 JUN .8182 +0.0029
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END Jan31/09 Jan24/09 Feb02/08
AV DRSD WT US-LBS 205.0 204.0 206.0
FD:HOG RATIO Jan30/09Jan23/09Feb01/08
US CORN 16.1 16.1 11.3
Jan30/09 Jan23/09 Feb01/08
ALTA BARLEY 12.3 12.6 7.3
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Feb05/2009
MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS SHEEP
(95-115 LBS) (61-80 LBS) (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO 141.88-165.00 164.85-245.00 N/A
TEXAS (US$) N/A 120.00 36.50$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jan29/2009
CENTRAL ALTA N/A- N/A
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