Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 15, 2012

The next weekly will be published on Friday, June 22, 2012
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

CAN/US $ Jun15  97.62 Jun08  96.79 Jun17/11 102.07
BANK RATE % Jun12  1.25 Jun05  1.25 Jun14/11  1.25

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun09/12(prel)  Jun02/12(prel)  Jun11/11
CANADA      56,597          53,057          61,929
EAST        12,276          11,954          12,709
WEST        44,321          41,103          49,220
WEEK END  Jun16/12(est)   Jun09/12(est)   Jun18/11
US         653,000         655,000         685,900
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun09/12        Jun02/12        Jun11/11
A           48,491          45,272          50,736
B              823             816             775
D            5,823           5,502           4,554
E              268             254             499
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun09/12        Jun02/12        Jun11/11
A             2.0%            2.1%            4.1%
AA           42.3%           41.4%           44.6%
AAA          55.7%           56.5%           51.3%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun09/12(prel)  Jun02/12(prel)  Jun11/11
STEERS      31,197          30,319          32,512
HEIFERS     18,684          16,203          19,865
COWS         6,479           6,298           9,029
BULLS          237             237             523
CALVES       4,489           4,488           4,955

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun15/2012
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN  116.15   -3.72            AUG  156.03   -3.35
AUG  116.65   -4.17            SEP  157.43   -3.10
OCT  121.13   -4.13            OCT  158.47   -2.97
DEC  124.20   -4.42            NOV  159.32   -3.18
FEB  126.60   -4.08            JAN  158.93   -3.35
APR  128.35   -3.95            MAR  159.50   -3.00
WEEK END        Jun15/12     Jun08/12     Jun17/11
US FSP - US$/CWT  153.89       155.14       124.58

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun08/12     Jun01/12     Jun10/11
  EAST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A       110.00
  WEST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A          N/A
  US-US$/CWT       13.05        13.16        13.58
CURRENTNESS     Jun09/12     Jun02/12     Jun11/11
  WEST-A1%         50.9%        46.5%        58.1%
  CAN-A1%          53.2%        50.0%        58.9%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun08/12     Jun01/12     Jun10/11
  ALTA BARLEY       21.6         20.9         21.3
                Jun09/12     Jun02/12     Jun11/11
  US CORN           19.4         20.6         13.9

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun09/12     Jun02/12     Jun11/11
  WEST STR-LBS     846.0        852.0        802.0
  CAN STR-LBS      853.0        859.0        812.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    780.0        778.0        761.0

CATTLE PRICES (CANFAX) - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun15/12        Jun08/12        Jun17/11
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     187.00          191.50          164.50
STR-HIGH    190.00          192.75          167.75
HFR-LOW     187.00          191.00          164.00
HFR-HIGH    189.85          192.75          166.85
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 110.80-113.00  113.60-115.25   96.60-100.00
AVERAGE        N/A          114.71           98.15
VOLUME         N/A          10,651          19,097
HFR-RANGE    N/A-N/A     115.25-115.25   96.00-100.00
AVERAGE        N/A          113.75           97.17
VOLUME         N/A           9,206           8,657

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun15/12        Jun08/12        Jun17/11
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     109.75-122.09   98.15-112.09
NEBRASKA* 118.00-120.00  123.00-124.00  108.00-112.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     108.91-120.26   96.79-109.70
NEBRASKA* 118.00-120.00  122.50-124.00  109.00-112.00
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      70.00-88.00    70.00-85.00    60.00-75.00
SIOUX F*     79.56           81.25           77.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     130.00-150.25  130.00-150.25  110.00-115.00
PONOKA    135.00-146.00  132.00-148.50  116.00-125.00
STRATHMOR 125.00-152.00  122.00-144.00  110.00-122.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     133.00-151.00  114.00-126.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     155.00-166.75  155.00-167.75  123.00-135.00
PONOKA    147.00-159.00  149.00-158.00  120.00-132.00
STRATHMOR 132.00-159.00  126.00-154.00  110.00-128.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A     154.25-167.10  134.00-138.50
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     160.00-181.75  160.00-180.75  135.00-146.00
PONOKA    160.00-182.00  158.00-166.00  137.00-146.00
STRATHMOR 135.00-178.00  135.00-178.00  130.00-148.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     170.00-188.50  170.00-192.50  145.00-157.75
PONOKA    175.00-193.00  170.00-185.00  148.00-156.00
STRATHMOR 150.00-188.00  150.00-203.00  130.00-155.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     146.00-187.00  118.00-148.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     120.00-148.75  120.00-144.75  110.00-116.00
PONOKA    140.00-150.00  142.00-149.00  115.00-122.00
STRATHMOR 124.00-142.00  124.00-142.00  108.00-120.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     160.00-176.50  160.00-175.50  127.00-136.00
PONOKA    152.00-167.00  152.00-166.00  120.00-135.00
STRATHMOR 140.00-172.00  140.00-162.00  115.00-140.00


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

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jun01/2012
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0     8,950     3,653    14,776
EAST               0     2,936        33     5,671
WEST               0     6,014     3,620     9,105

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun15/12     Jun08/12     Jun17/11
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A       198.08       166.06
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A       193.04       162.64

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun15/12     Jun08/12     Jun17/11
CHOICE 6-900      197.82       197.10       172.57
SELECT 6-900      182.20       184.47       166.76

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun09/12(prel)  Jun02/12(prel)  Jun11/11
CANADA     384,237         402,819         400,636
EAST       221,238         236,254         232,623
WEST       162,999         166,565         168,013
AB/BC**     55,576          56,588          57,767
WEEK END  Jun16/12(est)   Jun09/12(est)   Jun18/11
US       1,957,000       2,004,000       1,977,000

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun14/12        Jun07/12        Jun16/11
ALTA AVG       N/A           1.620           1.553
ONT AVG        N/A           1.821           1.840
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun15/12     Jun08/12     Jun17/11
US $/CWT          100.09        88.53        95.33
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.956        1.745        1.782
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           94.12        83.81        93.03
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun15/2012
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUL   93.03   +0.10            JUN   .9772 +0.0057
AUG   91.20   -1.25            SEP   .9754 +0.0057
OCT   81.05   -1.90            DEC   .9739 +0.0057
DEC   77.85   -2.08            MAR   .9725 +0.0057
FEB   80.00   -2.13            JUN   .9711 +0.0061
APR   82.40   -0.90            SEP   .9693 +0.0061
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun09/12   Jun02/12   Jun11/11
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    208.0      208.0      207.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun08/12Jun01/12Jun10/11
  US CORN               14.6       14.3       11.7
                    Jun08/12   Jun01/12   Jun10/11
  ALTA BARLEY           11.1       10.2       12.1
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun14/2012
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-109 LBS)     (<80 LBS)    (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      172.50-192.81  183.88-246.76     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A           N/A      47.00$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun07/2012
CENTRAL ALTA 148.80-153.60
(INNISFAIL)