Weekly Livestock Market Review - August 21, 2009
The next weekly will be published on Friday, August 28, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit
CAN/US $ Aug21 92.60 Aug14 91.15 Aug22/08 95.62
BANK RATE % Aug18 .50 Aug11 .50 Aug19/08 3.25
CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Aug15/09(prel) Aug08/09(prel) Aug16/08
CANADA 60,980 57,523 60,260
EAST 13,861 11,828 13,735
WEST 47,119 45,695 46,525
ALBERTA 47,015 45,606 41,504
WEEK END Aug22/09(est) Aug15/09(est) Aug23/08
US N/A 643,000 674,000
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END Aug15/09 Aug08/09 Aug16/08
A 49,080 47,505 44,973
B 850 638 909
D 5,201 3,285 5,613
E 438 317 157
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END Aug15/09 Aug08/09 Aug16/08
A 2.4% 2.2% 2.6%
AA 45.2% 43.8% 44.1%
AAA 52.4% 54.0% 53.3%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END Aug15/09(prel) Aug08/09(prel) Aug16/08
STEERS 32,878 33,390 28,628
HEIFERS 17,799 15,567 17,896
COWS 9,854 8,236 13,417
BULLS 449 330 319
CALVES 4,286 4,166 4,845
CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Aug21/2009
MTH LIVE CHG MTH FEEDER CHG
AUG 85.00 +0.35 AUG 100.15 -0.55
OCT 88.60 +0.05 SEP 100.70 +0.50
DEC 88.15 +0.10 OCT 100.63 +0.35
FEB 88.08 -0.30 NOV 100.78 -0.15
APR 89.95 -0.45 JAN 101.58 +0.38
JUN 86.85 -0.63 MAR 101.60 +0.70
WEEK END Aug21/09 Aug14/09 Aug22/08
US FSP - US$/CWT 100.66 100.48 113.21
CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL Aug14/09 Aug07/09 Aug15/08
EAST-$/HEAD 73.00 73.00 80.47
WEST-$/HEAD 50.00 53.50 112.50
US-US$/CWT 9.03 8.61 11.74
CURRENTNESS Aug15/09 Aug08/09 Aug16/08
ALTA-A1% 50.7% 53.0% 60.9%
CAN-A1% 50.9% 53.7% 59.6%
FD:STR RATIO Aug14/09 Aug07/09 Aug15/08
ALTA BARLEY 21.2 19.7 19.2
Aug15/09 Aug08/09 Aug16/08
US CORN 26.6 26.6 18.9
AVG CARCASS WT Aug15/09 Aug08/09 Aug16/08
ALTA STR-LBS 852.0 854.0 851.0
CAN STR-LBS 853.0 854.0 847.0
US CATTLE-LBS 783.0 781.0 779.0
LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END Aug21/09 Aug14/09 Aug22/08
ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW 137.50 134.50 158.00
STR-HIGH 138.85 135.30 161.35
HFR-LOW 137.50 133.50 158.00
HFR-HIGH 138.85 135.30 160.85
ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 80.75-83.50 79.00-81.25 93.00-97.15
AVERAGE N/A 80.80 96.38
VOLUME N/A 12,685 16,238
HFR-RANGE 80.75-83.30 79.70-80.25 93.80-96.00
AVERAGE N/A 80.15 95.56
VOLUME N/A 9,743 4,979
OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
Aug21/09 Aug14/09 Aug22/08
STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO 81.93-90.92 82.77-90.77 92.98-102.11
NEBRASKA* 82.00-82.00 81.50-82.00 97.00-99.50
HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO 71.51-90.74 76.17-91.67 88.45-100.91
NEBRASKA* 82.00-82.00 82.00-82.00 96.00-99.50
COWS - D1,2
CLYDE 40.00-46.00 40.00-51.00 47.00-54.00
SIOUX F* 49.00 55.00 68.00
800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 98.00-105.00 98.00-105.00 100.00-107.50
PONOKA 96.00-104.50 95.00-102.00 102.00-108.00
STRATHMOR 88.00-105.00 88.00-103.00 95.00-106.00
ONTARIO 85.00-102.00 86.00-102.00 99.00-113.00
700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 105.00-112.25 100.00-111.50 105.00-113.25
PONOKA 101.00-110.00 102.00-109.50 104.00-112.50
STRATHMOR 95.00-110.00 95.00-110.00 95.00-112.00
C.NEBRAS* N/A-N/A 101.25-109.50 110.25-134.00
600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 110.00-121.00 110.00-119.50 109.00-120.00
PONOKA 104.00-112.00 105.00-112.00 106.00-114.00
STRATHMOR 100.00-115.00 100.00-115.00 90.00-114.00
500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 120.00-131.00 120.00-135.00 125.00-135.00
PONOKA 108.00-121.00 111.00-119.00 106.00-114.00
STRATHMOR 95.00-120.00 95.00-118.00 90.00-118.00
ONTARIO 96.00-121.00 97.00-120.00 106.00-134.00
700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 90.00-100.00 90.00-98.50 95.00-101.50
PONOKA 93.00-98.00 93.00-97.00 97.00-103.50
STRATHMOR 85.00-102.00 85.00-102.00 90.00-106.00
500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 95.00-106.00 95.00-109.00 100.00-108.00
PONOKA 100.00-106.00 101.00-108.00 97.00-104.00
STRATHMOR 90.00-110.00 90.00-110.00 75.00-105.00
NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jul31/2009
CATTLE FROM US TO US TO US TO US
SLTR SLTR FDR HOGS
CANADA 0 10,641 2,392 25,960
EAST 0 2,714 0 12,184
WEST 0 7,927 2,392 13,776
BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING Aug21/09 Aug14/09 Aug22/08
CALGARY-STRS N/A-N/A 162-162 164-166
CDA CUTOUT AAA N/A 156.32 173.26
CDA CUTOUT AA/A N/A 154.91 170.82
US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END Aug21/09 Aug14/09 Aug22/08
CHOICE 6-900 142.15 141.22 162.80
SELECT 6-900 135.05 134.43 156.66
HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Aug15/09(prel) Aug08/09(prel) Aug16/08
CANADA 424,350 379,728 411,906
EAST 254,573 236,515 259,099
WEST 169,777 143,213 152,807
ALBERTA 53,319 41,815 50,260
WEEK END Aug22/09(est) Aug15/09(est) Aug23/08
US N/A 2,240,000 2,238,400
HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END Aug20/09 Aug13/09 Aug21/08
ALTA AVG N/A .895 1.560
ONT AVG N/A N/A 1.695
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END Aug21/09 Aug14/09 Aug22/08
US $/CWT 46.36 46.29 81.36
CAN EQVT $/KG .955 .969 1.623
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT N/A 52.52 91.15
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT CAN/US$ CLOSE Aug21/2009
MTH LEAN CHG MTH FUTURES CHG
OCT 47.85 +3.20 SEP .9238 +0.0160
DEC 47.33 +2.50 DEC .9240 +0.0160
FEB 53.58 +0.30 MAR .9240 +0.0161
APR 57.95 -0.70 JUN .9241 +0.0163
MAY 63.83 -0.58 SEP .9244 +0.0166
JUN 68.20 -0.10 DEC .9247 +0.0169
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END Aug15/09 Aug08/09 Aug16/08
AV DRSD WT US-LBS 201.0 200.0 196.0
FD:HOG RATIO Aug14/09Aug07/09Aug15/08
US CORN 14.9 15.9 16.2
Aug14/09 Aug07/09 Aug15/08
ALTA BARLEY 8.5 8.5 11.1
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Aug20/2009
MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS SHEEP
(95-115 LBS) (61-80 LBS) (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO 147.97-170.00 142.32-222.00 N/A
TEXAS (US$) N/A N/A N/A
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Aug13/2009
CENTRAL ALTA 126.72-130.08
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