Weekly Livestock Market Review - November 19, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, November 26, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

CAN/US $ Nov19  97.96 Nov12  99.21 Nov20/09  93.49
BANK RATE % Nov16  1.25 Nov09  1.25 Nov17/09   .50

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Nov13/10(prel)  Nov06/10(prel)  Nov14/09
CANADA      59,970          55,704          61,841
EAST        16,352          15,675          14,818
WEST        43,618          40,029          47,023
ALBERTA     43,613          39,911          46,881
WEEK END  Nov20/10(est)   Nov13/10(est)   Nov21/09
US         676,000         661,000         635,100
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Nov13/10        Nov06/10        Nov14/09
A           44,220          40,825          44,267
B              536             628             699
D            5,991           6,354           7,318
E              506             588             276
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Nov13/10        Nov06/10        Nov14/09
A             1.9%            2.7%            1.7%
AA           42.9%           45.2%           38.1%
AAA          55.2%           52.1%           60.2%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Nov13/10(prel)  Nov06/10(prel)  Nov14/09
STEERS      24,968          24,335          26,316
HEIFERS     20,537          17,765          19,677
COWS        13,831          12,901          15,512
BULLS          634             703             336
CALVES       4,708           5,002           4,777

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Nov19/2010
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
DEC  101.45   +3.05            JAN  117.40   +3.00
FEB  105.03   +3.33            MAR  117.65   +2.90
APR  108.18   +2.92            APR  118.50   +2.67
JUN  105.10   +2.15            MAY  118.60   +2.65
AUG  104.47   +2.38            AUG  119.80   +2.30
OCT  107.05   +2.10            SEP  118.75   +1.45
WEEK END        Nov19/10     Nov12/10     Nov20/09
US FSP - US$/CWT  112.39       111.46        93.11

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Nov12/10     Nov05/10     Nov13/09
  EAST-$/HEAD      95.00        95.00        79.00
  WEST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A          N/A
  US-US$/CWT       11.69        11.59         9.05
CURRENTNESS     Nov13/10     Nov06/10     Nov14/09
  ALTA-A1%         46.9%        48.0%        45.8%
  CAN-A1%          48.6%        49.8%        47.3%
FD:STR RATIO    Nov12/10     Nov05/10     Nov13/09
  ALTA BARLEY       24.0         24.2         22.3
                Nov13/10     Nov06/10     Nov14/09
  US CORN           18.1         17.7         15.5

AVG CARCASS WT  Nov13/10     Nov06/10     Nov14/09
  ALTA STR-LBS     876.0        871.0        886.0
  CAN STR-LBS      875.0        870.0        888.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    786.0        788.0        791.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Nov19/10        Nov12/10        Nov20/09
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     157.00          155.50          128.00
STR-HIGH    158.85          156.85          130.00
HFR-LOW     157.75          155.50          128.00
HFR-HIGH    158.85          156.85          129.50
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  94.50-95.00    91.85-93.50    76.85-77.50
AVERAGE        N/A           93.34           77.29
VOLUME         N/A          10,666           8,307
HFR-RANGE  94.20-94.85    91.55-93.05    76.85-78.00
AVERAGE        N/A           92.67           77.08
VOLUME         N/A           6,231           5,700

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Nov19/10        Nov12/10        Nov20/09
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      82.07-92.55    75.10-83.21
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A      97.00-98.50    81.00-84.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      79.81-93.32    73.84-82.42
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A      97.50-98.50    81.00-84.00
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      45.00-58.00    45.00-55.00    30.00-37.00
SIOUX F*     60.00           56.50           43.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     105.00-120.50  105.00-117.25   92.00-96.50
PONOKA    110.00-117.00  110.00-117.00   85.00-93.50
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     105.00-118.00   80.00-94.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      93.00-111.00   89.00-99.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     113.00-120.50  113.00-124.00   93.00-97.00
PONOKA    114.00-119.75  114.00-119.75   89.00-92.25
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     108.00-121.00   85.00-101.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A     107.25-118.00   90.00-104.00
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     118.00-126.50  120.00-129.50   95.00-104.50
PONOKA    119.00-132.00  119.00-132.00   94.00-102.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     118.00-130.00   95.00-106.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     130.00-144.50  130.00-141.50  100.00-113.50
PONOKA    126.00-137.00  126.00-137.00   97.00-112.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     115.00-148.00  100.00-117.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     115.00-142.00   90.00-119.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     100.00-112.00  100.00-113.75   85.00-90.50
PONOKA    100.00-110.00  100.00-110.00   84.00-89.00
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A      95.00-115.00   80.00-93.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     110.00-126.00  110.00-122.75   88.00-95.00
PONOKA    117.00-124.00  117.00-124.00   86.00-97.25
STRATHMOR    N/A-N/A     110.00-133.00   78.00-99.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Nov05/2010
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0    13,396     1,363    21,639
EAST               0     4,612        33    10,220
WEST               0     8,784     1,330    11,419

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Nov19/10     Nov12/10     Nov20/09
CALGARY-STRS     N/A-N/A      N/A-N/A      N/A-N/A
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A          N/A       144.15
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A          N/A       142.82

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Nov19/10     Nov12/10     Nov20/09
CHOICE 6-900      158.61       157.79       140.10
SELECT 6-900      149.64       148.92       132.26

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Nov13/10(prel)  Nov06/10(prel)  Nov14/09
CANADA     425,063         438,309         446,893
EAST       261,043         262,465         276,604
WEST       164,020         175,844         170,289
ALBERTA     50,816          51,941          55,779
WEEK END  Nov20/10(est)   Nov13/10(est)   Nov21/09
US       2,326,000       2,311,000       2,320,700

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Nov18/10        Nov11/10        Nov19/09
ALTA AVG     1.114           1.078            .976
ONT AVG        N/A           1.199           1.027
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Nov19/10     Nov12/10     Nov20/09
US $/CWT           59.10        63.65        51.62
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.151        1.224        1.053
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           77.84        76.63        57.59
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Nov19/2010
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
DEC   69.13   +0.15            DEC   .9817 -0.0078
FEB   76.85   +2.27            MAR   .9796 -0.0077
APR   80.80   +2.85            JUN   .9770 -0.0079
MAY   86.08   +1.58            SEP   .9742 -0.0081
JUN   89.15   +1.88            DEC   .9714 -0.0085
JUL   88.50   +1.72            MAR   .9686 -0.0089
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Nov13/10   Nov06/10   Nov14/09
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    207.0      206.0      203.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Nov12/10Nov05/10Nov13/09
  US CORN               11.7       10.8       24.6
                    Nov12/10   Nov05/10   Nov13/09
  ALTA BARLEY           10.0       10.0       10.5
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Nov18/2010
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-109 LBS)     (<80 LBS)    (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      178.59-188.97  190.81-236.92     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A           N/A      63.00$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Nov11/2010
CENTRAL ALTA  98.88-141.60
(INNISFAIL)