Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 26, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, July 3, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

CAN/US $ Jun26  86.72 Jun19  88.60 Jun27/08  98.78
BANK RATE % Jun23   .50 Jun16   .50 Jun24/08  3.25

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun20/09(prel)  Jun13/09(prel)  Jun21/08
CANADA      69,014          66,291          68,029
EAST        13,283          14,304          13,774
WEST        55,731          51,987          54,255
ALBERTA     55,612          51,832          49,160
WEEK END  Jun27/09(est)   Jun20/09(est)   Jun28/08
US         673,000         672,000         712,900
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun20/09        Jun13/09        Jun21/08
A           56,897          52,978          52,858
B              849             896             837
D            5,369           5,418           5,354
E              156             151             214
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun20/09        Jun13/09        Jun21/08
A             4.0%            3.7%            2.8%
AA           54.1%           51.4%           52.6%
AAA          41.8%           44.9%           44.6%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun20/09(prel)  Jun13/09(prel)  Jun21/08
STEERS      40,560          34,704          35,272
HEIFERS     17,818          19,809          19,116
COWS        10,460          11,513          13,275
BULLS          176             265             366
CALVES       4,521           4,690           4,949

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun26/2009
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN   82.47   +1.55            AUG   98.97   +0.88
AUG   82.40   +0.28            SEP   98.97   +0.72
OCT   88.13   +0.38            OCT   98.58   +0.17
DEC   88.67   -0.20            NOV   98.70   +0.10
FEB   88.80   -1.30            JAN   98.00   +0.30
APR   90.00   -1.45            MAR   97.00   -0.25
WEEK END        Jun26/09     Jun19/09     Jun27/08
US FSP - US$/CWT   97.67        96.37       109.53

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun19/09     Jun12/09     Jun20/08
  EAST-$/HEAD      54.00        54.00        79.30
  WEST-$/HEAD      65.00        66.00       110.00
  US-US$/CWT        7.36         7.39        11.42
CURRENTNESS     Jun20/09     Jun13/09     Jun21/08
  ALTA-A1%         60.1%        61.8%        72.6%
  CAN-A1%          60.2%        61.6%        69.9%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun19/09     Jun12/09     Jun20/08
  ALTA BARLEY       21.0         21.8         16.8
                Jun20/09     Jun13/09     Jun21/08
  US CORN           21.7         20.0         13.8

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun20/09     Jun13/09     Jun21/08
  ALTA STR-LBS     821.0        818.0        811.0
  CAN STR-LBS      821.0        819.0        817.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    769.0        770.0        763.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun26/09        Jun19/09        Jun27/08
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     145.50          143.50          153.50
STR-HIGH    147.00          144.85          155.35
HFR-LOW     145.50          143.50          153.80
HFR-HIGH    147.00          144.85          155.35
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  85.90-87.35    85.55-87.25    91.50-94.00
AVERAGE        N/A           86.72           92.76
VOLUME         N/A          17,046          17,188
HFR-RANGE  86.55-87.35    86.00-86.40    91.25-93.00
AVERAGE        N/A           86.21           92.36
VOLUME         N/A           5,947           4,506

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun26/09        Jun19/09        Jun27/08
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      87.70-100.35   89.20-98.00
NEBRASKA*  80.00-81.00    80.00-82.00    96.00-99.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      81.25-96.85    88.40-95.90
NEBRASKA*  80.00-81.00    81.50-81.00    97.00-99.00
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      40.00-45.00    40.00-45.00    40.00-47.00
SIOUX F*     57.50           52.00           64.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE      93.00-102.50   93.00-102.50   95.00-107.50
PONOKA     98.00-105.25   96.00-103.00   98.00-104.00
STRATHMOR  90.00-106.00     N/A-N/A      80.00-100.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      97.00-108.00   91.00-102.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     100.00-109.50  100.00-108.75  105.00-114.25
PONOKA    103.00-110.50  100.00-106.75  100.00-108.00
STRATHMOR  95.00-110.00     N/A-N/A      86.00-108.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A      95.00-100.50  111.00-124.00
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     110.00-122.00  110.00-116.50  110.00-116.25
PONOKA    106.00-113.00  100.00-108.75  105.00-112.00
STRATHMOR 100.00-119.00     N/A-N/A      90.00-108.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     110.00-123.50  110.00-120.00  110.00-119.50
PONOKA    115.00-121.75  108.00-119.00  108.00-120.00
STRATHMOR 100.00-118.00     N/A-N/A      90.00-110.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     109.00-128.00   98.00-117.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE      93.00-97.75    93.00-99.75    87.00-99.25
PONOKA     94.00-98.50    90.00-99.00    92.00-99.00
STRATHMOR  85.00-105.00     N/A-N/A      70.00-95.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     100.00-110.00  105.00-113.50   98.00-105.25
PONOKA     99.00-106.00   94.00-103.00  103.00-109.00
STRATHMOR  90.00-115.00     N/A-N/A      75.00-100.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jun12/2009
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0     8,810     3,151    24,809
EAST               0     2,310       135     9,548
WEST               0     6,500     3,016    15,261

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun26/09     Jun19/09     Jun27/08
CALGARY-STRS     168-168      168-168      151-154
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A       168.08       175.36
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A       159.08       171.41

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun26/09     Jun19/09     Jun27/08
CHOICE 6-900      139.71       140.00       164.25
SELECT 6-900      132.45       132.98       158.07

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun20/09(prel)  Jun13/09(prel)  Jun21/08
CANADA     415,837         413,483         396,210
EAST       253,981         251,561         250,782
WEST       161,856         161,922         145,428
ALBERTA     48,603          47,971          45,455
WEEK END  Jun27/09(est)   Jun20/09(est)   Jun28/08
US       2,032,000       2,062,000       2,139,800

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun25/09        Jun18/09        Jun26/08
ALTA AVG     1.135           1.104           1.283
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.369
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun26/09     Jun19/09     Jun27/08
US $/CWT           56.86        56.53        72.55
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.251        1.217        1.401
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           55.28        56.38        79.77
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun26/2009
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUL   56.70   -4.72            SEP   .8681 -0.0138
AUG   57.70   -4.10            DEC   .8686 -0.0140
OCT   54.77   -3.18            MAR   .8691 -0.0145
DEC   55.85   -4.07            JUN   .8696 -0.0150
FEB   61.75   -3.70            SEP   .8701 -0.0155
APR   67.60   -1.40            DEC   .8706 -0.0160
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun20/09   Jun13/09   Jun21/08
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    203.0      203.0      200.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun19/09Jun12/09Jun20/08
  US CORN               15.2       13.4       10.6
                    Jun19/09   Jun12/09   Jun20/08
  ALTA BARLEY            9.7        9.8        8.4
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun25/2009
             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 Jun18/2009
CENTRAL ALTA 132.48-144.48
(INNISFAIL)