Weekly Livestock Market Review - January 7, 2011
The next weekly will be published on Friday, January 14, 2011
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch
CAN/US $ Jan07 100.66 Dec31 100.54 Jan08/10 96.67
BANK RATE % Jan04 1.25 Dec28 1.25 Jan05/10 .50
CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Jan01/11(prel) Dec25/10(prel) Jan02/10
CANADA 43,230 50,405 43,680
EAST 9,450 12,737 6,929
WEST 33,780 37,668 36,751
ALBERTA 33,779 37,668 36,659
WEEK END Jan08/11(est) Jan01/11(est) Jan09/10
US 639,000 569,000 646,800
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END Jan01/11 Dec25/10 Jan02/10
A 33,725 35,553 33,672
B 261 253 269
D 4,270 5,991 5,601
E 291 317 84
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END Jan01/11 Dec25/10 Jan02/10
A 1.6% 2.2% 1.2%
AA 46.1% 46.5% 41.8%
AAA 52.3% 51.3% 56.9%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END Jan01/11(prel) Dec25/10(prel) Jan02/10
STEERS 20,332 22,515 21,798
HEIFERS 14,035 13,762 12,610
COWS 8,550 13,747 9,186
BULLS 313 381 86
CALVES 3,778 4,397 3,527
CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jan07/2011
MTH LIVE CHG MTH FEEDER CHG
FEB 106.38 -1.97 JAN 121.60 -0.28
APR 110.55 -1.65 MAR 122.75 -1.20
JUN 108.40 -0.88 APR 123.20 -1.63
AUG 108.75 -1.00 MAY 123.65 -1.57
OCT 110.93 -1.08 AUG 124.50 -1.30
DEC 111.97 -1.03 SEP 124.22 -1.28
WEEK END Jan07/11 Dec31/10 Jan08/10
US FSP - US$/CWT 123.38 122.56 94.90
CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL Dec31/10 Dec24/10 Jan01/10
EAST-$/HEAD N/A 99.00 N/A
WEST-$/HEAD N/A N/A N/A
US-US$/CWT 12.39 12.24 9.54
CURRENTNESS Jan01/11 Dec25/10 Jan02/10
ALTA-A1% 44.4% 47.6% 51.2%
CAN-A1% 45.6% 49.3% 50.4%
FD:STR RATIO Dec31/10 Dec24/10 Jan01/10
ALTA BARLEY 22.9 22.7 23.8
Jan01/11 Dec25/10 Jan02/10
US CORN 17.8 17.2 21.3
AVG CARCASS WT Jan01/11 Dec25/10 Jan02/10
ALTA STR-LBS 860.0 860.0 856.0
CAN STR-LBS 866.0 861.0 865.0
US CATTLE-LBS 782.0 784.0 782.0
LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END Jan07/11 Dec31/10 Jan08/10
ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW 161.75 164.50 133.00
STR-HIGH 164.85 165.85 133.85
HFR-LOW 161.75 164.50 133.00
HFR-HIGH 164.85 165.85 133.85
ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 95.65-97.50 97.00-97.50 76.50-80.25
AVERAGE N/A 97.93 79.26
VOLUME N/A 11,317 17,427
HFR-RANGE 96.75-97.75 97.50-97.50 77.08-77.08
AVERAGE N/A 97.76 77.73
VOLUME N/A 6,808 5,049
OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
Jan07/11 Dec31/10 Jan08/10
STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 81.60-88.05
NEBRASKA* N/A-N/A 105.00-106.50 82.00-85.00
HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 82.39-88.76
NEBRASKA* 105.00-105.00 105.00-106.50 84.00-85.00
COWS - D1,2
CLYDE 50.00-62.00 N/A-N/A 38.00-50.00
SIOUX F* 64.25 67.00 51.00
800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 108.00-117.25 N/A-N/A 88.00-97.00
PONOKA 105.00-118.00 N/A-N/A 89.00-97.00
STRATHMOR 105.00-119.00 105.00-119.00 80.00-94.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 76.00-89.00
700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 115.00-122.00 N/A-N/A 90.00-99.00
PONOKA 114.00-125.00 N/A-N/A 91.00-99.00
STRATHMOR 108.00-122.00 108.00-122.00 85.00-98.00
C.NEBRAS* N/A-N/A 118.25-129.10 89.50-101.00
600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 118.00-128.00 N/A-N/A 100.00-104.75
PONOKA 120.00-132.00 N/A-N/A 95.00-103.00
STRATHMOR 115.00-134.00 115.00-132.00 90.00-105.00
500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 135.00-144.25 N/A-N/A 100.00-110.00
PONOKA 125.00-141.00 N/A-N/A 105.00-115.00
STRATHMOR 125.00-140.00 125.00-144.00 90.00-110.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 92.00-116.00
700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 100.00-110.50 N/A-N/A 80.00-89.50
PONOKA 105.00-112.00 N/A-N/A 81.00-90.00
STRATHMOR 104.00-118.00 104.00-118.00 80.00-93.00
500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 115.00-125.00 N/A-N/A 86.00-97.00
PONOKA 120.00-130.00 N/A-N/A 87.00-97.00
STRATHMOR 110.00-130.00 110.00-130.00 84.00-100.00
NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Dec17/2010
CATTLE FROM US TO US TO US TO US
SLTR SLTR FDR HOGS
CANADA 0 11,909 966 21,740
EAST 0 3,498 34 9,837
WEST 0 8,411 932 11,903
BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING Jan07/11 Dec31/10 Jan08/10
CALGARY-STRS N/A-N/A N/A-N/A N/A-N/A
CDA CUTOUT AAA N/A N/A 142.48
CDA CUTOUT AA/A N/A N/A 141.68
US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END Jan07/11 Dec31/10 Jan08/10
CHOICE 6-900 165.81 161.90 140.23
SELECT 6-900 159.58 155.40 134.97
HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Jan01/11(prel) Dec25/10(prel) Jan02/10
CANADA N/A 310,140 300,114
EAST N/A 187,491 172,423
WEST N/A 122,649 127,691
ALBERTA N/A 43,981 43,933
WEEK END Jan08/11(est) Jan01/11(est) Jan09/10
US 2,189,000 1,933,000 2,097,200
HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END Jan06/11 Dec30/10 Jan07/10
ALTA AVG N/A 1.221 1.169
ONT AVG N/A 1.473 1.196
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END Jan07/11 Dec31/10 Jan08/10
US $/CWT 70.67 72.16 65.78
CAN EQVT $/KG 1.339 1.369 1.298
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT 78.55 77.06 69.29
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT CAN/US$ CLOSE Jan07/2011
MTH LEAN CHG MTH FUTURES CHG
FEB 79.42 -0.33 MAR 1.0063 +0.0019
APR 84.05 +0.17 JUN 1.0038 +0.0020
MAY 91.70 +0.08 SEP 1.0007 +0.0017
JUN 93.97 +0.92 DEC .9978 +0.0016
JUL 93.30 +0.85 MAR .9949 +0.0015
AUG 92.30 +0.75 JUN .9920 +0.0014
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END Jan01/11 Dec25/10 Jan02/10
AV DRSD WT US-LBS 208.0 208.0 203.0
FD:HOG RATIO Dec31/10Dec24/10Jan01/10
US CORN 12.2 11.6 15.9
Dec31/10 Dec24/10 Jan01/10
ALTA BARLEY 10.4 10.1 12.0
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jan06/2011
MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS SHEEP
(95-109 LBS) (<80 LBS) (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO 185.10-214.99 211.59-272.15 N/A
TEXAS (US$) N/A N/A 78.00$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Dec30/2010
CENTRAL ALTA 129.12-144.96
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