Weekly Livestock Market Review - March 9, 2012

The next weekly will be published on Friday, March 16, 2012
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

CAN/US $ Mar09 101.06 Mar02 101.13 Mar11/11 102.73
BANK RATE % Mar06  1.25 Feb28  1.25 Mar08/11  1.25

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Mar03/12(prel)  Feb25/12(prel)  Mar05/11
CANADA      57,294          50,475          49,991
EAST        14,598          12,387          15,215
WEST        42,696          38,088          34,776
WEEK END  Mar10/12(est)   Mar03/12(est)   Mar12/11
US         631,000         621,000         637,900
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Mar03/12        Feb25/12        Mar05/11
A           44,694          39,363          40,179
B              622             505             300
D            8,452           6,996           2,544
E              247             352             470
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Mar03/12        Feb25/12        Mar05/11
A             1.1%            1.1%            2.2%
AA           38.8%           37.4%           37.8%
AAA          60.1%           61.5%           60.1%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Mar03/12(prel)  Feb25/12(prel)  Mar05/11
STEERS      23,999          22,002          19,309
HEIFERS     21,778          18,006          21,816
COWS        11,239          10,077           8,339
BULLS          278             390             527
CALVES       2,823           4,384           4,763

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Mar09/2012
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
APR  126.03   -3.92            MAR  153.93   -4.17
JUN  123.60   -3.68            APR  155.85   -5.47
AUG  126.15   -3.50            MAY  157.15   -5.70
OCT  131.20   -3.13            AUG  158.93   -5.10
DEC  132.60   -2.50            SEP  158.93   -4.57
FEB  133.05   -2.15            OCT  159.20   -4.30
WEEK END        Mar09/12     Mar02/12     Mar11/11
US FSP - US$/CWT  156.36       156.42       129.25

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Mar02/12     Feb24/12     Mar04/11
  EAST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A       107.00
  WEST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A          N/A
  US-US$/CWT       13.30        13.15        13.01
CURRENTNESS     Mar03/12     Feb25/12     Mar05/11
  WEST-A1%         41.4%        42.1%        46.1%
  CAN-A1%          43.9%        43.7%        49.3%
FD:STR RATIO    Mar02/12     Feb24/12     Mar04/11
  ALTA BARLEY       24.2         24.6         24.3
                Mar03/12     Feb25/12     Mar05/11
  US CORN           19.4         20.1         16.0

AVG CARCASS WT  Mar03/12     Feb25/12     Mar05/11
  WEST STR-LBS     893.0        891.0        844.0
  CAN STR-LBS      889.0        892.0        859.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    788.0        788.0        778.0

CATTLE PRICES (CANFAX) - $/CWT
WEEK END  Mar09/12        Mar02/12        Mar11/11
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     189.50          192.50          181.00
STR-HIGH    192.75          192.50          184.10
HFR-LOW     192.00          195.50          181.00
HFR-HIGH    192.00          195.50          183.85
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 115.25-115.75  115.00-116.75  108.00-109.00
AVERAGE        N/A          115.77          108.95
VOLUME         N/A           8,849           5,977
HFR-RANGE 115.25-115.75  112.75-116.75  108.00-108.00
AVERAGE        N/A          115.33          108.39
VOLUME         N/A           7,441           5,322

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Mar09/12        Mar02/12        Mar11/11
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     111.71-127.22   95.57-108.43
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A     128.00-130.00  117.00-119.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     111.91-124.01   93.06-107.64
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A     128.00-130.50  117.00-119.00
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      65.00-80.00    65.00-80.00    67.00-78.00
SIOUX F*     84.25           83.75           73.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     140.00-149.50  140.00-150.00  117.00-126.25
PONOKA    134.00-143.00  138.00-146.50  110.00-126.00
STRATHMOR 132.00-146.00     N/A-N/A     118.00-129.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     130.00-149.00  108.00-126.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     150.00-164.00  150.00-162.50  125.00-135.00
PONOKA    143.00-165.00  148.00-161.00  118.00-136.75
STRATHMOR 140.00-164.00     N/A-N/A     115.00-138.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A     147.00-172.35  126.50-137.50
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     160.00-174.00  160.00-172.75  135.00-150.50
PONOKA    166.00-180.00  160.00-169.00  135.00-156.00
STRATHMOR 145.00-184.00     N/A-N/A     130.00-148.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     175.00-195.50  175.00-190.50  153.00-169.00
PONOKA    177.50-193.00  175.00-193.00  145.00-169.00
STRATHMOR 165.00-196.00     N/A-N/A     135.00-160.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     146.00-188.00  125.00-162.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     135.00-145.50  135.00-145.50  110.00-125.00
PONOKA    140.00-145.00  138.00-146.00  110.00-128.00
STRATHMOR 130.00-152.00     N/A-N/A     110.00-129.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     155.00-172.25  155.00-172.00  130.00-148.00
PONOKA    165.00-176.00  165.00-177.00  140.00-155.00
STRATHMOR 135.00-170.00     N/A-N/A     120.00-141.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
      ** Alberta breakdown not available

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Feb24/2012
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0    12,598     4,880    15,593
EAST               0     2,528        32     5,604
WEST               0    10,070     4,848     9,989

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Mar09/12     Mar02/12     Mar11/11
CALGARY-STRS     N/A-N/A      N/A-N/A      N/A-N/A
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A       189.40       175.10
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A       185.60       173.61

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Mar09/12     Mar02/12     Mar11/11
CHOICE 6-900      196.65       198.51       177.34
SELECT 6-900      194.27       194.56       176.21

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Mar03/12(prel)  Feb25/12(prel)  Mar05/11
CANADA     413,252         395,732         413,442
EAST       238,450         241,904         246,040
WEST       174,802         153,828         167,402
AB/BC**     57,928          57,696          58,490
WEEK END  Mar10/12(est)   Mar03/12(est)   Mar12/11
US       2,132,000       2,150,000       2,147,800

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Mar08/12        Mar01/12        Mar10/11
ALTA AVG       N/A           1.551           1.444
ONT AVG        N/A           1.802           1.715
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Mar09/12     Mar02/12     Mar11/11
US $/CWT           85.59        85.90        79.95
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.616        1.620        1.485
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           83.53        85.23        91.06
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Mar09/2012
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
APR   87.83   -2.60            MAR  1.0098 -0.0018
MAY   95.70   -2.85            JUN  1.0078 -0.0017
JUN   95.33   -4.17            SEP  1.0056 -0.0016
JUL   95.40   -4.35            DEC  1.0034 -0.0017
AUG   96.47   -3.50            MAR  1.0011 -0.0018
OCT   87.10   -2.53            JUN   .9985 -0.0020
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Mar03/12   Feb25/12   Mar05/11
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    209.0      208.0      208.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Mar02/12Feb24/12Mar04/11
  US CORN               13.2       13.5       11.7
                    Mar02/12   Feb24/12   Mar04/11
  ALTA BARLEY           11.8       11.9       12.1
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Mar08/2012
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-109 LBS)     (<80 LBS)    (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      184.08-201.05  222.78-274.03     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A           N/A      96.00$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Mar01/2012
CENTRAL ALTA 176.16-180.48
(INNISFAIL)