Weekly Livestock Market Review - July 9, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, July 16, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

CAN/US $ Jul09  96.82 Jul02  93.91 Jul10/09  85.84
BANK RATE % Jul06   .75 Jun29   .75 Jul07/09   .50

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jul03/10(prel)  Jun26/10(prel)  Jul04/09
CANADA      59,760          65,081          52,278
EAST        11,582          13,727          11,242
WEST        48,178          51,354          41,036
ALBERTA     48,067          51,195          40,918
WEEK END  Jul10/10(est)   Jul03/10(est)   Jul11/09
US         598,000         664,000         633,700
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jul03/10        Jun26/10        Jul04/09
A           49,420          52,684          43,239
B              783           1,039             653
D            3,935           5,361           3,337
E              538             561             123
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jul03/10        Jun26/10        Jul04/09
A             2.4%            2.7%            2.2%
AA           45.5%           45.1%           46.9%
AAA          52.1%           52.2%           51.0%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jul03/10(prel)  Jun26/10(prel)  Jul04/09
STEERS      36,121          33,873          30,251
HEIFERS     14,849          20,904          14,371
COWS         8,232           9,738           7,502
BULLS          558             566             154
CALVES       4,017           4,145           4,225

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jul09/2010
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
AUG   90.20   +0.73            AUG  113.20   +0.53
OCT   91.40   +0.48            SEP  113.68   +0.92
DEC   94.10   +0.97            OCT  113.55   +0.75
FEB   95.70   +0.60            NOV  113.15   +0.65
APR   97.42   +0.52            JAN  111.30   +0.40
JUN   94.42   +0.72            MAR  110.60   +0.30
WEEK END        Jul09/10     Jul02/10     Jul10/09
US FSP - US$/CWT  113.94       111.48        99.59

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jul02/10     Jun25/10     Jul03/09
  EAST-$/HEAD      95.00        95.00        62.00
  WEST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A        60.00
  US-US$/CWT       10.84        10.64         7.20
CURRENTNESS     Jul03/10     Jun26/10     Jul04/09
  ALTA-A1%         61.8%        61.0%        58.5%
  CAN-A1%          61.9%        61.7%        59.1%
FD:STR RATIO    Jul02/10     Jun25/10     Jul03/09
  ALTA BARLEY       24.2         24.4         20.5
                Jul03/10     Jun26/10     Jul04/09
  US CORN           29.5         27.6         24.6

AVG CARCASS WT  Jul03/10     Jun26/10     Jul04/09
  ALTA STR-LBS     814.0        798.0        840.0
  CAN STR-LBS      820.0        807.0        836.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    763.0        760.0        770.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jul09/10        Jul02/10        Jul10/09
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     141.50          139.50          144.85
STR-HIGH    142.85          141.85          145.85
HFR-LOW     141.50          141.85          144.85
HFR-HIGH    142.85          141.85          145.85
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  84.65-86.00    84.15-86.00    84.95-87.25
AVERAGE        N/A           84.74           86.50
VOLUME         N/A          22,068          16,543
HFR-RANGE  84.15-85.00    84.15-84.15    85.35-85.97
AVERAGE        N/A           84.39           85.97
VOLUME         N/A           8,916           8,164

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jul09/10        Jul02/10        Jul10/09
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      86.78-96.30    91.36-101.81
NEBRASKA*  93.00-93.00    90.00-92.00    81.00-82.50
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      83.78-95.41    90.96-101.09
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A      90.00-92.00    81.00-82.50
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      55.00-63.00    50.00-58.00    42.00-51.00
SIOUX F*     64.00           62.75           58.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE      95.00-103.50   95.00-103.50   93.00-107.50
PONOKA    102.00-106.00   98.00-103.00  100.00-106.50
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A        N/A-N/A      90.00-106.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      96.00-104.00  104.00-111.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     108.00-109.50  108.00-109.50  100.00-115.00
PONOKA    112.00-120.00  105.00-118.00  100.00-107.00
STRATHMOR  56.00-101.00     N/A-N/A      95.00-113.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A     117.00-117.00  101.50-114.25
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     112.00-123.00  112.00-123.00  110.00-117.75
PONOKA    118.00-126.00  115.00-127.50  100.00-108.00
STRATHMOR  50.00-118.50     N/A-N/A     100.00-115.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     120.00-127.25  120.00-127.25  110.00-121.50
PONOKA    120.00-131.00  115.00-132.50  105.00-112.00
STRATHMOR 121.00-121.00     N/A-N/A     100.00-118.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      96.00-122.00  111.00-130.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE      95.00-106.75   95.00-106.75   93.00-106.50
PONOKA     95.00-105.00  100.00-109.50   95.00-101.50
STRATHMOR  82.00-97.75      N/A-N/A      85.00-108.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     110.00-121.00  100.00-118.50  100.00-108.25
PONOKA    104.00-115.00  105.00-115.00   95.00-104.00
STRATHMOR  96.00-96.00      N/A-N/A      90.00-110.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jun25/2010
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0    13,855     2,092    18,081
EAST               0       479       110     4,941
WEST               0    13,376     1,982    13,140

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jul09/10     Jul02/10     Jul10/09
CALGARY-STRS     N/A-N/A      N/A-N/A      168-168
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A          N/A       168.51
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A          N/A       161.35

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jul09/10     Jul02/10     Jul10/09
CHOICE 6-900      155.14       155.32       137.81
SELECT 6-900      145.62       146.60       132.44

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jul03/10(prel)  Jun26/10(prel)  Jul04/09
CANADA     326,062         378,409         339,046
EAST       188,839         213,328         206,478
WEST       137,223         165,081         132,568
ALBERTA     44,541          48,289          39,200
WEEK END  Jul10/10(est)   Jul03/10(est)   Jul11/09
US       1,716,000       1,972,000       1,949,600

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jul08/10        Jul01/10        Jul09/09
ALTA AVG     1.384           1.390           1.158
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.194
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jul09/10     Jul02/10     Jul10/09
US $/CWT           75.57        75.59        57.07
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.489        1.536        1.268
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           83.63        82.56        56.12
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jul09/2010
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUL   78.63   +0.42            SEP   .9681 +0.0288
AUG   80.03   -0.02            DEC   .9668 +0.0283
OCT   75.10   +1.35            MAR   .9652 +0.0278
DEC   72.65   +1.75            JUN   .9631 +0.0272
FEB   74.22   +1.70            SEP   .9610 +0.0272
APR   75.75   +1.63            DEC   .9589 +0.0272
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jul03/10   Jun26/10   Jul04/09
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    204.0      204.0      202.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jul02/10Jun25/10Jul03/09
  US CORN               24.9       23.5       17.4
                    Jul02/10   Jun25/10   Jul03/09
  ALTA BARLEY           14.4       14.5        9.5
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jul08/2010
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-109 LBS)     (<80 LBS)    (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      154.45-164.40  159.85-204.33     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A           N/A        N/A
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jul01/2010
CENTRAL ALTA    N/A-    N/A
(INNISFAIL)