Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 25, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, July 2, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

CAN/US $ Jun25  96.43 Jun18  97.68 Jun26/09  86.72
BANK RATE % Jun22   .75 Jun15   .75 Jun23/09   .50

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun19/10(prel)  Jun12/10(prel)  Jun20/09
CANADA      66,734          70,473          69,014
EAST        14,541          15,171          13,283
WEST        52,193          55,302          55,731
ALBERTA     52,068          55,163          55,612
WEEK END  Jun26/10(est)   Jun19/10(est)   Jun27/09
US         667,000         667,000         670,200
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun19/10        Jun12/10        Jun20/09
A           53,461          56,842          56,897
B              972             794             849
D            5,831           6,299           5,369
E              660             568             156
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun19/10        Jun12/10        Jun20/09
A             3.5%            3.3%            4.0%
AA           46.7%           45.4%           54.1%
AAA          49.8%           51.3%           41.8%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun19/10(prel)  Jun12/10(prel)  Jun20/09
STEERS      37,173          38,497          40,560
HEIFERS     18,078          19,967          17,818
COWS        10,811          11,406          10,460
BULLS          672             603             176
CALVES       4,824           4,819           4,521

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun25/2010
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN   90.95   +1.65            AUG  113.20   +3.03
AUG   89.38   +1.17            SEP  113.33   +3.33
OCT   91.08   +1.83            OCT  113.20   +3.25
DEC   93.25   +1.58            NOV  112.65   +3.25
FEB   94.85   +1.45            JAN  110.97   +2.42
APR   96.53   +1.68            MAR  110.00   +2.00
WEEK END        Jun25/10     Jun18/10     Jun26/09
US FSP - US$/CWT  111.34       108.35        97.67

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun18/10     Jun11/10     Jun19/09
  EAST-$/HEAD      95.00        95.00        54.00
  WEST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A        65.00
  US-US$/CWT       10.65        10.48         7.36
CURRENTNESS     Jun19/10     Jun12/10     Jun20/09
  ALTA-A1%         62.4%        61.2%        60.1%
  CAN-A1%          62.0%        61.0%        60.2%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun18/10     Jun11/10     Jun19/09
  ALTA BARLEY       25.3         26.2         21.0
                Jun19/10     Jun12/10     Jun20/09
  US CORN           26.5         28.2         21.7

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun19/10     Jun12/10     Jun20/09
  ALTA STR-LBS     799.0        798.0        821.0
  CAN STR-LBS      809.0        811.0        821.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    758.0        754.0        769.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun25/10        Jun18/10        Jun26/09
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     140.75          141.75          145.50
STR-HIGH    141.85          142.85          147.00
HFR-LOW     141.85          142.85          145.50
HFR-HIGH    141.85          142.85          147.00
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  82.85-83.75    83.45-85.00    85.90-87.35
AVERAGE        N/A           84.85           87.30
VOLUME         N/A          19,710          18,008
HFR-RANGE  83.10-85.15    83.45-85.00    86.55-87.35
AVERAGE        N/A           84.76           87.27
VOLUME         N/A           6,856           5,982

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun25/10        Jun18/10        Jun26/09
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      86.30-96.07    86.45-98.77
NEBRASKA*  90.50-91.00    91.00-91.00    80.00-81.50
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      86.38-96.76    87.68-98.55
NEBRASKA*  90.50-91.75    90.00-91.00    80.00-81.50
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      50.00-60.00    50.00-58.00    40.00-45.00
SIOUX F*     63.75           61.75           57.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE      95.00-99.00    95.00-105.00   93.00-102.50
PONOKA     98.00-110.00  100.00-106.00   98.00-105.25
STRATHMOR  85.00-105.00   85.00-105.00   90.00-106.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      96.00-110.00   95.00-109.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     108.00-111.00  108.00-117.00  100.00-109.50
PONOKA    109.00-120.00  104.00-109.00  103.00-110.50
STRATHMOR  90.00-111.00   90.00-111.00   95.00-110.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A        N/A-N/A      97.00-113.50
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     112.00-119.00  112.00-120.50  110.00-122.00
PONOKA    115.00-128.00  107.00-114.75  106.00-113.00
STRATHMOR 100.00-125.00  100.00-125.00  100.00-119.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     120.00-130.00  120.00-128.00  110.00-123.50
PONOKA    120.00-131.00  122.00-133.00  115.00-121.75
STRATHMOR 110.00-129.00  110.00-129.00  100.00-118.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     106.00-127.00   98.00-122.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE      95.00-108.00   95.00-108.00   93.00-97.75
PONOKA     95.00-108.00  100.00-107.75   94.00-98.50
STRATHMOR  80.00-102.00   80.00-102.00   85.00-105.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     100.00-122.50  100.00-116.00  100.00-110.00
PONOKA    110.00-121.00  112.00-120.00   99.00-106.00
STRATHMOR  90.00-110.00   90.00-110.00   90.00-115.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jun11/2010
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0    14,716     3,163    20,106
EAST               0     3,256       122     8,903
WEST               0    11,460     3,041    11,203

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun25/10     Jun18/10     Jun26/09
CALGARY-STRS     N/A-N/A      N/A-N/A      168-168
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A       160.26       169.03
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A       156.31       157.74

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun25/10     Jun18/10     Jun26/09
CHOICE 6-900      154.50       153.70       139.71
SELECT 6-900      146.25       146.17       132.45

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun19/10(prel)  Jun12/10(prel)  Jun20/09
CANADA         N/A         406,292         415,837
EAST           N/A         238,629         253,981
WEST           N/A         167,663         161,856
ALBERTA        N/A          53,259          48,603
WEEK END  Jun26/10(est)   Jun19/10(est)   Jun27/09
US       1,956,000       2,011,000       2,030,600

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun24/10        Jun17/10        Jun25/09
ALTA AVG       N/A           1.351           1.134
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.168
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun25/10     Jun18/10     Jun26/09
US $/CWT           77.16        77.12        56.86
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.526        1.506        1.251
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           83.85        82.67        54.85
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun25/2010
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUL   80.72   -0.15            SEP   .9650 -0.0128
AUG   83.92   +1.27            DEC   .9641 -0.0126
OCT   76.65   +1.75            MAR   .9626 -0.0123
DEC   73.20   +2.03            JUN   .9610 -0.0117
FEB   74.40   +2.70            SEP   .9589 -0.0115
APR   75.33   +3.42            DEC   .9568 -0.0113
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun19/10   Jun12/10   Jun20/09
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    204.0      204.0      203.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun18/10Jun11/10Jun19/09
  US CORN               23.1       22.7       15.2
                    Jun18/10   Jun11/10   Jun19/09
  ALTA BARLEY           14.6       14.9        9.7
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun24/2010
             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$)        N/A        130.00      56.50$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun17/2010
CENTRAL ALTA    N/A-    N/A
(INNISFAIL)