Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 18, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, June 25, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

CAN/US $ Jun18  97.68 Jun11  96.78 Jun19/09  88.60
BANK RATE % Jun15   .75 Jun08   .75 Jun16/09   .50

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun12/10(prel)  Jun05/10(prel)  Jun13/09
CANADA      70,473          71,700          66,291
EAST        15,171          14,728          14,304
WEST        55,302          56,972          51,987
ALBERTA     55,163          56,824          51,832
WEEK END  Jun19/10(est)   Jun12/10(est)   Jun20/09
US         667,000         661,000         673,200
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun12/10        Jun05/10        Jun13/09
A           56,842          58,637          52,978
B              794           1,034             896
D            6,299           5,325           5,418
E              568             560             151
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun12/10        Jun05/10        Jun13/09
A             3.3%            3.8%            3.7%
AA           45.4%           48.5%           51.4%
AAA          51.3%           47.7%           44.9%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun12/10(prel)  Jun05/10(prel)  Jun13/09
STEERS      38,497          35,964          34,704
HEIFERS     19,967          24,685          19,809
COWS        11,406          10,442          11,513
BULLS          603             609             265
CALVES       4,819           4,963           4,690

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun18/2010
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN   89.30   -0.20            AUG  110.18   +0.10
AUG   88.20   +0.92            SEP  110.00   +0.15
OCT   89.25   +0.60            OCT  109.95   -0.02
DEC   91.67   +0.35            NOV  109.40   +0.10
FEB   93.40   +0.65            JAN  108.55   +0.05
APR   94.85   +0.35            MAR  108.00   +0.50
WEEK END        Jun18/10     Jun11/10     Jun19/09
US FSP - US$/CWT  108.35       109.94        96.37

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun11/10     Jun04/10     Jun12/09
  EAST-$/HEAD      95.00        97.00        54.00
  WEST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A        66.00
  US-US$/CWT       10.48        10.44         7.39
CURRENTNESS     Jun12/10     Jun05/10     Jun13/09
  ALTA-A1%         61.2%        62.0%        61.8%
  CAN-A1%          61.0%        61.7%        61.6%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun11/10     Jun04/10     Jun12/09
  ALTA BARLEY       26.2         26.7         21.8
                Jun12/10     Jun05/10     Jun13/09
  US CORN           28.2         28.5         20.0

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun12/10     Jun05/10     Jun13/09
  ALTA STR-LBS     798.0        797.0        818.0
  CAN STR-LBS      811.0        812.0        819.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    754.0        754.0        770.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun18/10        Jun11/10        Jun19/09
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     141.75          142.75          143.50
STR-HIGH    142.85          148.85          144.85
HFR-LOW     142.85          142.75          143.50
HFR-HIGH    142.85          148.85          144.85
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  83.45-85.00    85.75-88.75    85.55-87.25
AVERAGE        N/A           87.85           86.72
VOLUME         N/A          20,416          17,046
HFR-RANGE  83.45-85.00    86.75-88.50    86.00-86.40
AVERAGE        N/A           87.88           86.21
VOLUME         N/A          11,006           5,947

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun18/10        Jun11/10        Jun19/09
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      87.60-97.43    87.70-100.35
NEBRASKA*  91.00-91.00    93.00-93.00    80.00-82.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      85.76-96.49    81.25-96.85
NEBRASKA*  90.00-91.00    93.00-93.00    81.50-81.00
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      50.00-58.00    55.00-64.00    40.00-45.00
SIOUX F*     61.75           62.25           52.00

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE      95.00-105.00   95.00-105.00   93.00-102.50
PONOKA    100.00-106.00   98.00-106.75   96.00-103.00
STRATHMOR  85.00-105.00   85.00-105.00   80.00-96.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      93.00-107.00   97.00-108.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     108.00-117.00  103.00-113.00  100.00-108.75
PONOKA    104.00-109.00  105.00-114.00  100.00-106.75
STRATHMOR  90.00-111.00   90.00-111.00   80.00-104.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A     116.50-120.50   95.00-100.50
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     112.00-120.50  112.00-120.50  110.00-116.50
PONOKA    107.00-114.75  105.00-123.00  100.00-108.75
STRATHMOR 100.00-125.00  100.00-125.00   90.00-110.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     120.00-128.00  120.00-128.00  110.00-120.00
PONOKA    122.00-133.00  110.00-127.00  108.00-119.00
STRATHMOR 110.00-129.00  110.00-129.00   90.00-112.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     106.00-128.00  109.00-128.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE      95.00-108.00   95.00-105.25   93.00-99.75
PONOKA    100.00-107.75  100.00-108.00   90.00-99.00
STRATHMOR  80.00-102.00   80.00-102.00   76.00-94.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     100.00-116.00  100.00-116.00  105.00-113.50
PONOKA    112.00-120.00  107.00-116.00   94.00-103.00
STRATHMOR  90.00-110.00   90.00-110.00   78.00-99.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jun04/2010
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0    14,089     2,866    17,231
EAST               0     3,632       112    13,320
WEST               0    10,457     2,754     3,911

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun18/10     Jun11/10     Jun19/09
CALGARY-STRS     N/A-N/A      N/A-N/A      168-168
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A       158.40       168.08
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A       155.15       159.08

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun18/10     Jun11/10     Jun19/09
CHOICE 6-900      153.70       156.70       140.00
SELECT 6-900      146.17       148.28       132.98

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun12/10(prel)  Jun05/10(prel)  Jun13/09
CANADA     406,292         405,716         413,483
EAST       238,629         242,122         251,561
WEST       167,663         163,594         161,922
ALBERTA     53,259          53,777          47,971
WEEK END  Jun19/10(est)   Jun12/10(est)   Jun20/09
US       2,011,000       2,026,000       2,071,500

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun17/10        Jun10/10        Jun18/09
ALTA AVG     1.351           1.379           1.104
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.140
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun18/10     Jun11/10     Jun19/09
US $/CWT           77.12        75.03        56.53
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.506        1.479        1.217
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           83.74        83.72        56.26
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun18/2010
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUL   80.88   +2.33            SEP   .9778 +0.0143
AUG   82.65   +2.30            DEC   .9767 +0.0143
OCT   74.90   +1.40            MAR   .9749 +0.0148
DEC   71.17   -0.83            JUN   .9727 +0.0149
FEB   71.70   -1.40            SEP   .9704 +0.0149
APR   71.90   -1.90            DEC   .9681     N/A
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun12/10   Jun05/10   Jun13/09
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    204.0      204.0      203.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun11/10Jun04/10Jun12/09
  US CORN               22.7       23.1       13.4
                    Jun11/10   Jun04/10   Jun12/09
  ALTA BARLEY           14.9       15.1        9.8
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun17/2010
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-109 LBS)     (<80 LBS)    (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO         N/A-    N/A    N/A-    N/A    N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A        130.00      56.00$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun10/2010
CENTRAL ALTA 146.40-151.68
(INNISFAIL)