Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 22, 2012

The next weekly will be published on Friday, June 29, 2012
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

CAN/US $ Jun22  97.47 Jun15  97.62 Jun24/11 101.53
BANK RATE % Jun19  1.25 Jun12  1.25 Jun21/11  1.25

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun16/12(prel)  Jun09/12(prel)  Jun18/11
CANADA      56,155          56,597          59,948
EAST        11,408          12,276          14,136
WEST        44,747          44,321          45,812
WEEK END  Jun23/12(est)   Jun16/12(est)   Jun25/11
US         649,000         653,000         690,500
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun16/12        Jun09/12        Jun18/11
A           47,591          48,491          50,071
B              847             823             653
D            6,146           5,823           3,970
E              416             268             410
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun16/12        Jun09/12        Jun18/11
A             2.8%            2.0%            4.2%
AA           45.8%           42.3%           46.1%
AAA          51.5%           55.7%           49.6%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun16/12(prel)  Jun09/12(prel)  Jun18/11
STEERS      32,612          31,197          32,437
HEIFERS     16,440          18,684          19,081
COWS         6,726           6,479           7,976
BULLS          377             237             454
CALVES       4,416           4,489           4,817

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun22/2012
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN  116.90   +0.75            AUG  152.80   -3.22
AUG  116.90   +0.25            SEP  154.90   -2.53
OCT  121.20   +0.08            OCT  156.07   -2.40
DEC  124.63   +0.42            NOV  157.32   -2.00
FEB  127.00   +0.40            JAN  157.25   -1.68
APR  128.80   +0.45            MAR  158.15   -1.35
WEEK END        Jun22/12     Jun15/12     Jun24/11
US FSP - US$/CWT  152.89       153.89       130.08

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun15/12     Jun08/12     Jun17/11
  EAST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A       111.00
  WEST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A          N/A
  US-US$/CWT       13.01        13.05        13.73
CURRENTNESS     Jun16/12     Jun09/12     Jun18/11
  WEST-A1%         49.3%        50.9%        57.6%
  CAN-A1%          51.8%        53.2%        58.6%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun15/12     Jun08/12     Jun17/11
  ALTA BARLEY       21.4         21.6         21.3
                Jun16/12     Jun09/12     Jun18/11
  US CORN           18.5         19.4         15.8

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun16/12     Jun09/12     Jun18/11
  WEST STR-LBS     853.0        846.0        808.0
  CAN STR-LBS      856.0        853.0        813.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    783.0        780.0        763.0

CATTLE PRICES (CANFAX) - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun22/12        Jun15/12        Jun24/11
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     183.50          187.00          171.00
STR-HIGH    184.50          190.00          173.85
HFR-LOW     184.50          187.00          171.75
HFR-HIGH    184.50          189.85          173.85
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 109.00-110.75  110.80-113.00  101.45-102.25
AVERAGE        N/A          112.96          102.20
VOLUME         N/A          11,569          16,221
HFR-RANGE 110.00-110.75     N/A-N/A     101.25-102.00
AVERAGE        N/A          112.39          101.54
VOLUME         N/A           7,682           7,025

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun22/12        Jun15/12        Jun24/11
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     109.43-123.39  104.93-113.95
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A     118.00-120.00  111.00-113.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     109.56-123.68   98.29-112.83
NEBRASKA*    N/A-N/A     118.00-120.00  112.00-113.00
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      70.00-78.00    70.00-88.00      N/A-N/A
SIOUX F*       N/A           79.56           73.25

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     130.00-150.25  130.00-150.25     N/A-N/A
PONOKA    141.00-150.50  135.00-146.00  112.00-124.50
STRATHMOR 125.00-148.00  125.00-152.00  110.00-130.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     130.00-148.00  103.00-119.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     155.00-170.25  155.00-166.75     N/A-N/A
PONOKA    150.00-164.00  147.00-159.00  125.00-133.00
STRATHMOR 132.00-156.00  132.00-159.00  110.00-128.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A     151.00-170.25  133.50-153.75
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     160.00-177.75  160.00-181.75     N/A-N/A
PONOKA    165.00-173.00  160.00-182.00  135.00-144.00
STRATHMOR 135.00-178.00  135.00-178.00  130.00-149.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     170.00-188.50  170.00-188.50     N/A-N/A
PONOKA    180.00-194.00  175.00-193.00  140.00-150.00
STRATHMOR 150.00-188.00  150.00-188.00  130.00-155.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     143.00-182.00  121.00-149.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     120.00-142.00  120.00-148.75     N/A-N/A
PONOKA    137.00-148.00  140.00-150.00  116.00-129.00
STRATHMOR 124.00-144.00  124.00-142.00  108.00-120.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     160.00-171.50  160.00-176.50     N/A-N/A
PONOKA    150.00-164.00  152.00-167.00  130.00-137.00
STRATHMOR 140.00-176.00  140.00-172.00  115.00-140.00


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

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jun08/2012
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0    10,756     3,138   102,293
EAST               0     2,388        57     6,699
WEST               0     8,368     3,081    95,594

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun22/12     Jun15/12     Jun24/11
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A       199.04       168.52
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A       195.06       165.62

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun22/12     Jun15/12     Jun24/11
CHOICE 6-900      197.45       197.82       177.16
SELECT 6-900      180.38       182.20       172.41

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun16/12(prel)  Jun09/12(prel)  Jun18/11
CANADA     388,594         384,241         396,493
EAST       219,756         221,238         233,155
WEST       168,838         163,003         163,338
AB/BC**     55,347          55,580          56,020
WEEK END  Jun23/12(est)   Jun16/12(est)   Jun25/11
US       1,954,000       1,957,000       1,960,700

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun21/12        Jun14/12        Jun23/11
ALTA AVG     1.828           1.698           1.628
ONT AVG        N/A           1.914           1.921
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun22/12     Jun15/12     Jun24/11
US $/CWT          102.36       100.09        99.78
CAN EQVT $/KG      2.003        1.956        1.875
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT          100.81        90.12        97.70
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun22/2012
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUL   94.92   +1.90            SEP   .9739 -0.0015
AUG   91.38   +0.17            DEC   .9721 -0.0018
OCT   81.55   +0.50            MAR   .9705 -0.0020
DEC   79.03   +1.18            JUN   .9688 -0.0023
FEB   81.45   +1.45            SEP   .9672 -0.0021
APR   83.10   +0.70            DEC   .9652     N/A
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun16/12   Jun09/12   Jun18/11
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    207.0      208.0      206.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun15/12Jun08/12Jun17/11
  US CORN               15.0       14.6       13.5
                    Jun15/12   Jun08/12   Jun17/11
  ALTA BARLEY           11.6       11.1       12.2
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun21/2012
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-109 LBS)     (<80 LBS)    (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      164.07-181.76  169.54-225.93     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A           N/A      53.00$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun14/2012
CENTRAL ALTA    N/A-    N/A
(INNISFAIL)