Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 12, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, June 19, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

CAN/US $ Jun12  89.47 Jun05  89.72 Jun13/08  97.26
BANK RATE % Jun09   .50 Jun02   .50 Jun10/08  3.25

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun06/09(prel)  May30/09(prel)  Jun07/08
CANADA      64,491          58,468          68,126
EAST        13,942          12,380          14,351
WEST        50,549          46,088          53,775
ALBERTA     50,388          45,912          49,002
WEEK END  Jun13/09(est)   Jun06/09(est)   Jun14/08
US         663,000         670,000         683,500
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun06/09        May30/09        Jun07/08
A           53,290          48,250          52,602
B              761             806             875
D            4,258           3,897           4,699
E              189             159             176
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun06/09        May30/09        Jun07/08
A             3.5%            5.2%            4.1%
AA           52.1%           55.2%           50.3%
AAA          44.4%           39.6%           45.5%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun06/09(prel)  May30/09(prel)  Jun07/08
STEERS      36,384          34,059          36,236
HEIFERS     18,325          15,485          18,011
COWS         9,510           8,707          13,531
BULLS          272             217             348
CALVES       5,091           4,748           4,998

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun12/2009
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN   80.47   +0.32            AUG   97.58   +0.95
AUG   81.60   +0.45            SEP   97.58   +0.65
OCT   87.10   +0.50            OCT   98.63   +1.05
DEC   88.83   -0.10            NOV   98.33   +0.67
FEB   90.28   -0.60            JAN   98.00   +1.85
APR   92.20   -0.60            MAR   96.00   +0.45
WEEK END        Jun12/09     Jun05/09     Jun13/08
US FSP - US$/CWT   97.82        98.75       109.82

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun05/09     May29/09     Jun06/08
  EAST-$/HEAD      49.00        49.00        79.80
  WEST-$/HEAD      68.50        73.50       109.50
  US-US$/CWT        7.25         6.85        10.89
CURRENTNESS     Jun06/09     May30/09     Jun07/08
  ALTA-A1%         61.5%        63.7%        66.9%
  CAN-A1%          60.7%        63.5%        66.4%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun05/09     May29/09     Jun06/08
  ALTA BARLEY       23.1         24.2         17.1
                Jun06/09     May30/09     Jun07/08
  US CORN           19.4         20.5         15.3

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun06/09     May30/09     Jun07/08
  ALTA STR-LBS     815.0        814.0        815.0
  CAN STR-LBS      818.0        818.0        823.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    769.0        769.0        761.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun12/09        Jun05/09        Jun13/08
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     143.85          142.50          145.50
STR-HIGH    145.00          143.85          146.85
HFR-LOW     144.00          142.60          146.50
HFR-HIGH    144.85          143.85          146.85
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  85.35-87.35    84.60-86.40    87.62-89.50
AVERAGE        N/A           85.82           88.13
VOLUME         N/A          13,763          17,109
HFR-RANGE  85.25-87.35    84.55-86.40    86.00-89.25
AVERAGE        N/A           85.55           87.42
VOLUME         N/A           9,900           5,184

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun12/09        Jun05/09        Jun13/08
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      88.55-103.37   87.44-96.98
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A      81.00-83.00    92.00-94.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      91.26-101.19   85.61-95.66
NEBRASKA*  81.00-81.00    78.00-83.00    92.00-94.00
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      40.00-45.00    40.00-48.00    40.00-48.00
SIOUX F*     47.50           49.00           63.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE      93.00-100.00   93.00-101.75   95.00-101.50
PONOKA     94.00-99.00   100.00-107.50   95.00-102.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A      90.00-104.00   80.00-100.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      96.00-105.00   84.00-98.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     100.00-108.50  105.00-113.00   98.00-106.50
PONOKA     99.50-110.00  102.00-114.00  103.00-111.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A      95.00-115.00   86.00-108.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A      94.25-115.25  106.50-115.75
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     112.00-118.50  112.00-121.75  105.00-113.00
PONOKA    110.00-118.00  106.00-116.50  105.00-115.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     110.00-122.00   90.00-108.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     115.00-124.50  118.00-124.50  108.00-115.00
PONOKA    115.00-128.00  112.00-126.50  105.00-120.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     115.00-130.00   90.00-110.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     103.00-128.00   87.00-109.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE      93.00-99.75    95.00-105.00   87.00-96.00
PONOKA     90.00-98.50    93.00-101.00   87.00-97.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A      90.00-106.00   70.00-95.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     105.00-112.25  108.00-119.25   98.00-111.00
PONOKA     99.00-105.00   99.00-109.00   90.00-101.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A      95.00-115.00   75.00-100.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING May29/2009
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0     9,273     4,249    19,380
EAST               0     1,911        66     7,750
WEST               0     7,362     4,183    11,630

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun12/09     Jun05/09     Jun13/08
CALGARY-STRS     166-166      170-170      151-155
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A          N/A       163.38
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A          N/A       161.32

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun12/09     Jun05/09     Jun13/08
CHOICE 6-900      139.78       141.39       157.03
SELECT 6-900      132.83       135.68       152.91

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun06/09(prel)  May30/09(prel)  Jun07/08
CANADA     406,971         414,219         391,189
EAST       243,627         251,245         246,846
WEST       163,344         162,974         144,343
ALBERTA     49,307          48,965          45,937
WEEK END  Jun13/09(est)   Jun06/09(est)   Jun14/08
US       2,075,000       2,100,000       2,047,700

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun11/09        Jun04/09        Jun12/08
ALTA AVG     1.081           1.104           1.263
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.380
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun12/09     Jun05/09     Jun13/08
US $/CWT           55.65        54.88        70.42
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.187        1.167        1.381
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           55.99        56.46        75.00
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun12/2009
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUN   57.02   -0.15            JUN   .8939 -0.0003
JUL   59.80   -0.28            SEP   .8944 -0.0004
AUG   60.08   -2.45            DEC   .8954 -0.0004
OCT   56.83   -4.25            MAR   .8967 -0.0004
DEC   59.33   -4.95            JUN   .8980 -0.0005
FEB   65.47   -3.03            SEP   .8993 -0.0006
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun06/09   May30/09   Jun07/08
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    203.0      204.0      201.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun05/09May29/09Jun06/08
  US CORN               13.2       14.0       11.8
                    Jun05/09   May29/09   Jun06/08
  ALTA BARLEY           10.8       11.1        8.8
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun11/2009
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-115 LBS)   (61-80 LBS)   (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      150.14-210.00  157.36-260.00     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A        112.50      35.50$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun04/2009
CENTRAL ALTA  95.52-146.40
(INNISFAIL)