Weekly Livestock Market Review - February 19, 2010
The next weekly will be published on Friday, February 26, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch
CAN/US $ Feb19 95.97 Feb12 94.96 Feb20/09 79.74
BANK RATE % Feb16 .50 Feb09 .50 Feb17/09 1.25
CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Feb13/10(prel) Feb06/10(prel) Feb14/09
CANADA 59,262 51,410 63,622
EAST 14,733 14,990 14,359
WEST 44,529 36,420 49,263
ALBERTA 44,393 36,279 44,020
WEEK END Feb20/10(est) Feb13/10(est) Feb21/09
US 620,000 602,000 615,700
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END Feb13/10 Feb06/10 Feb14/09
A 44,745 36,054 47,565
B 772 310 577
D 5,469 6,146 5,879
E 172 209 79
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END Feb13/10 Feb06/10 Feb14/09
A 1.5% 1.5% 2.2%
AA 40.8% 42.2% 47.5%
AAA 57.7% 56.3% 50.3%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END Feb13/10(prel) Feb06/10(prel) Feb14/09
STEERS 26,650 22,879 27,235
HEIFERS 19,626 14,410 21,505
COWS 12,767 13,858 14,727
BULLS 219 263 155
CALVES 4,548 4,652 5,031
CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Feb19/2010
MTH LIVE CHG MTH FEEDER CHG
FEB 92.78 +3.40 MAR 102.60 +2.85
APR 93.30 +2.52 APR 104.00 +3.17
JUN 90.88 +2.33 MAY 104.53 +2.65
AUG 89.33 +1.60 AUG 105.85 +2.57
OCT 91.42 +1.20 SEP 105.75 +2.30
DEC 92.65 +1.10 OCT 105.33 +1.83
WEEK END Feb19/10 Feb12/10 Feb20/09
US FSP - US$/CWT 101.62 99.52 92.89
CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL Feb12/10 Feb05/10 Feb13/09
EAST-$/HEAD 91.00 86.00 65.57
WEST-$/HEAD N/A N/A 77.50
US-US$/CWT 9.62 9.55 6.89
CURRENTNESS Feb13/10 Feb06/10 Feb14/09
ALTA-A1% 47.2% 46.5% 57.6%
CAN-A1% 46.7% 47.7% 57.5%
FD:STR RATIO Feb12/10 Feb05/10 Feb13/09
ALTA BARLEY 24.9 24.0 23.8
Feb13/10 Feb06/10 Feb14/09
US CORN 24.5 24.7 23.5
AVG CARCASS WT Feb13/10 Feb06/10 Feb14/09
ALTA STR-LBS 862.0 852.0 834.0
CAN STR-LBS 871.0 867.0 841.0
US CATTLE-LBS 774.0 775.0 786.0
LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END Feb19/10 Feb12/10 Feb20/09
ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW 137.50 131.00 144.00
STR-HIGH 139.00 134.85 146.85
HFR-LOW 138.85 131.00 144.00
HFR-HIGH 138.85 134.85 146.85
ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 80.00-83.00 78.15-80.00 84.00-86.00
AVERAGE N/A 79.23 85.10
VOLUME N/A 8,727 9,148
HFR-RANGE 80.00-82.00 78.15-80.75 85.00-86.30
AVERAGE N/A 79.69 85.86
VOLUME N/A 6,104 5,905
OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
Feb19/10 Feb12/10 Feb20/09
STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 79.84-86.99 92.56-100.89
NEBRASKA* 89.00-90.00 86.50-88.00 77.00-78.00
HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 79.21-86.00 88.09-100.00
NEBRASKA* 90.00-96.00 85.00-88.00 77.50-80.00
COWS - D1,2
CLYDE 40.00-50.00 40.00-48.00 45.00-55.00
SIOUX F* 54.00 53.50 45.50
800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 92.00-97.50 92.00-99.25 95.00-101.00
PONOKA 95.00-101.00 86.00-100.50 95.00-104.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 80.00-99.00 85.00-104.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 91.00-100.00 96.00-105.00
700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 95.00-102.25 95.00-103.00 98.00-104.00
PONOKA 98.00-107.00 88.00-105.00 96.00-107.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 90.00-105.00 90.00-107.00
C.NEBRAS* N/A-N/A 94.85-108.75 75.50-101.00
600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 105.00-114.50 100.00-110.75 105.00-113.75
PONOKA 108.00-118.00 95.00-115.00 109.00-117.50
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 98.00-112.00 92.00-114.00
500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 112.00-127.00 112.00-120.50 110.00-123.50
PONOKA 114.00-125.00 105.00-120.00 117.00-125.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 100.00-120.00 95.00-128.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 106.00-122.00 94.00-120.00
700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 85.00-95.25 85.00-95.00 90.00-97.50
PONOKA 90.00-97.00 83.00-95.00 85.00-97.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 80.00-97.00 80.00-98.00
500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 94.00-105.50 94.00-103.25 95.00-108.00
PONOKA 98.00-105.00 95.00-107.00 98.00-106.50
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 84.00-103.00 75.00-105.00
NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Feb05/2010
CATTLE FROM US TO US TO US TO US
SLTR SLTR FDR HOGS
CANADA 0 20,572 2,802 22,175
EAST 0 3,526 0 9,820
WEST 0 17,046 2,802 12,355
BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING Feb19/10 Feb12/10 Feb20/09
CALGARY-STRS N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 157-160
CDA CUTOUT AAA N/A 149.29 169.00
CDA CUTOUT AA/A N/A 149.14 168.69
US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END Feb19/10 Feb12/10 Feb20/09
CHOICE 6-900 144.58 139.32 134.76
SELECT 6-900 142.81 137.45 134.27
HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Feb13/10(prel) Feb06/10(prel) Feb14/09
CANADA 436,538 437,516 416,884
EAST 263,278 261,712 273,565
WEST 173,260 175,804 143,319
ALBERTA 54,621 56,213 50,649
WEEK END Feb20/10(est) Feb13/10(est) Feb21/09
US 2,163,000 2,153,000 2,215,000
HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END Feb18/10 Feb11/10 Feb19/09
ALTA AVG 1.188 1.206 1.317
ONT AVG N/A N/A 1.327
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END Feb19/10 Feb12/10 Feb20/09
US $/CWT 66.59 64.35 57.14
CAN EQVT $/KG 1.324 1.293 1.367
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT 70.92 68.47 57.61
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT CAN/US$ CLOSE Feb19/2010
MTH LEAN CHG MTH FUTURES CHG
APR 69.65 +1.45 MAR .9611 +0.0095
MAY 76.10 +1.15 JUN .9610 +0.0095
JUN 79.20 +1.15 SEP .9608 +0.0095
JUL 78.88 +1.70 DEC .9602 +0.0095
AUG 77.78 +0.93 MAR .9593 +0.0095
OCT 68.50 +0.28 JUN .9584 +0.0095
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END Feb13/10 Feb06/10 Feb14/09
AV DRSD WT US-LBS 204.0 204.0 204.0
FD:HOG RATIO Feb12/10Feb05/10Feb13/09
US CORN 18.4 19.0 17.0
Feb12/10 Feb05/10 Feb13/09
ALTA BARLEY 13.8 13.4 12.0
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Feb18/2010
MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS SHEEP
(95-109 LBS) (<80 LBS) (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO 157.84-183.16 167.88-232.42 N/A
TEXAS (US$) N/A 135.00 70.00$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Feb11/2010
CENTRAL ALTA 121.44-129.60
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