Weekly Livestock Market Review - May 22, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, May 29, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

CAN/US $ May22  89.02 May15  85.06 May23/08 101.18
BANK RATE % May19   .50 May12   .50 May20/08  3.25

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  May16/09(prel)  May09/09(prel)  May17/08
CANADA      60,233          60,965          62,105
EAST        13,979          14,309          13,698
WEST        46,254          46,656          48,407
ALBERTA     46,100          46,513          43,781
WEEK END  May23/09(est)   May16/09(est)   May24/08
US         678,000         672,000         721,400
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  May16/09        May09/09        May17/08
A           49,994          50,140          48,420
B              682             641             690
D            3,455           3,887           4,385
E              242             205             284
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  May16/09        May09/09        May17/08
A             4.8%            4.5%            3.1%
AA           52.7%           51.5%           50.2%
AAA          42.5%           44.0%           46.7%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  May16/09(prel)  May09/09(prel)  May17/08
STEERS      30,239          31,599          32,457
HEIFERS     21,020          19,756          17,298
COWS         8,673           9,309          11,961
BULLS          301             301             389
CALVES       5,120           4,760           5,333

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE May22/2009
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN   82.53   +0.15            AUG  101.93   +0.27
AUG   83.78   +1.25            SEP  102.15   +0.18
OCT   89.55   +1.52            OCT  102.55   +0.40
DEC   91.15   +0.63            NOV  102.95   +0.23
FEB   92.90   +1.08            JAN  101.70   +0.45
APR   94.40   +1.70            MAR  100.30   -0.60
WEEK END        May22/09     May15/09     May23/08
US FSP - US$/CWT   98.92        99.37       107.80

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     May15/09     May08/09     May16/08
  EAST-$/HEAD      49.25        49.25        79.41
  WEST-$/HEAD     104.00        77.50       108.50
  US-US$/CWT        6.36         5.87        10.65
CURRENTNESS     May16/09     May09/09     May17/08
  ALTA-A1%         63.6%        62.5%        68.6%
  CAN-A1%          63.0%        62.0%        67.8%
FD:STR RATIO    May15/09     May08/09     May16/08
  ALTA BARLEY       25.0         25.5         17.2
                May16/09     May09/09     May17/08
  US CORN           20.8         21.1         16.7

AVG CARCASS WT  May16/09     May09/09     May17/08
  ALTA STR-LBS     809.0        800.0        802.0
  CAN STR-LBS      820.0        812.0        819.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    771.0        774.0        763.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  May22/09        May15/09        May23/08
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     149.50          150.50          148.00
STR-HIGH    150.85          154.85          151.85
HFR-LOW     149.85          150.85          148.00
HFR-HIGH    150.85          154.85          151.85
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  88.65-91.50    87.15-91.00    88.75-91.75
AVERAGE        N/A           89.75           90.43
VOLUME         N/A          11,453          14,763
HFR-RANGE  89.25-91.35    88.75-89.75    88.40-91.35
AVERAGE        N/A           88.76           90.11
VOLUME         N/A           7,589           6,097

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          May22/09        May15/09        May23/08
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      93.49-104.47   82.40-89.90
NEBRASKA*  85.00-86.00    84.50-86.00    93.50-94.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      93.15-103.44   81.40-89.25
NEBRASKA*  85.00-86.00    85.00-86.00    93.50-94.50
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      50.00-58.00    50.00-55.00    36.00-46.00
SIOUX F*     60.00           60.50           64.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE      93.00-104.75   96.00-106.00   94.00-101.25
PONOKA     98.00-108.00   92.00-107.00   94.00-97.00
STRATHMOR  98.00-108.00   98.00-108.00   80.00-98.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      95.00-110.00   84.00-95.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     100.00-116.75  100.00-114.50   92.00-109.50
PONOKA    118.00-123.00  105.00-120.00   94.00-109.00
STRATHMOR 105.00-118.00  105.00-118.00   86.00-103.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A      96.00-112.00  110.00-113.50
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     115.00-126.75  115.00-123.00  105.00-114.25
PONOKA    118.00-127.00  115.00-125.00   95.00-110.50
STRATHMOR 115.00-128.00  115.00-128.00   90.00-112.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     120.00-130.00  120.00-127.50  108.00-116.00
PONOKA    124.00-131.50  120.00-131.00  108.00-122.00
STRATHMOR 115.00-138.00  115.00-138.00   90.00-110.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     104.00-130.00   82.00-109.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE      95.00-106.50   95.00-106.50   87.00-94.00
PONOKA     97.00-105.00   98.00-106.00   84.00-90.50
STRATHMOR  95.00-108.00   95.00-108.00   70.00-92.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     105.00-112.75  105.00-114.25   95.00-106.00
PONOKA    103.00-114.00  107.00-113.00   88.00-98.00
STRATHMOR  95.00-115.00   95.00-115.00   75.00-97.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING May08/2009
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0     9,198     4,295    18,535
EAST               0     2,126        66     8,168
WEST               0     7,072     4,229    10,367

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     May22/09     May15/09     May23/08
CALGARY-STRS     175-175      175-175      153-155
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A          N/A       163.70
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A          N/A       164.92

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        May22/09     May15/09     May23/08
CHOICE 6-900      147.03       146.14       156.32
SELECT 6-900      141.91       142.93       152.58

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  May16/09(prel)  May09/09(prel)  May17/08
CANADA     410,634         380,747         403,302
EAST       250,923         243,520         249,573
WEST       159,711         137,227         153,729
ALBERTA     48,584          46,060          51,661
WEEK END  May23/09(est)   May16/09(est)   May24/08
US       2,057,000       2,076,000       2,100,600

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  May21/09        May14/09        May22/08
ALTA AVG       N/A           1.183           1.362
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.479
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        May22/09     May15/09     May23/08
US $/CWT           56.30        63.22        78.00
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.206        1.418        1.471
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           60.24        60.66        81.10
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE May22/2009
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUN   65.97   -0.55            JUN   .8907 +0.0428
JUL   67.58   -1.00            SEP   .8913 +0.0428
AUG   68.63   -0.13            DEC   .8920 +0.0428
OCT   63.33   -0.17            MAR   .8924 +0.0428
DEC   64.45   +0.88            JUN   .8931 +0.0427
FEB   68.80   +1.22            SEP   .8938 +0.0426
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            May16/09   May09/09   May17/08
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    204.0      204.0      202.0
FD:HOG RATIO        May15/09May08/09May16/08
  US CORN               15.7       13.7       14.6
                    May15/09   May08/09   May16/08
  ALTA BARLEY           11.9       11.2        9.3
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to May21/2009
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-115 LBS)   (61-80 LBS)   (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO         N/A-    N/A    N/A-    N/A    N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A           N/A        N/A
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to May14/2009
CENTRAL ALTA 131.52-140.16
(INNISFAIL)