Slaughter
Slaughter
Cows
Cows
Feeder
Steers (1)
Heifers (1)
D1/D2
D3
Cows
Bulls
2002...................................…
97.14
99.58
57.04
50.88
59.08
70.67
2003...................................…
84.28
85.35
37.04
29.44
45.84
40.85
2004...................................…
78.40
80.11
23.89
17.48
26.61
20.76
2005...................................…
84.98
85.87
29.13
22.36
32.40
27.17
2006...................................…
86.66
86.98
36.13
28.74
38.30
33.13
2007...................................…
88.32
88.34
38.06
31.14
39.37
35.85
2008...................................…
88.57
88.44
43.56
36.73
45.50
52.33
2009...................................…
85.75
84.97
43.86
38.33
45.85
54.58
2010...................................…
88.73
88.64
54.49
48.64
57.03
65.47
2011...................................…
105.83
105.04
70.21
62.04
75.62
79.45
2012
Jan.................................................
114 24
114.11
70.30
61.56
76.19
77.04
Feb..............................................
113 24
113.39
74.61
66.56
-
84.80
Mar..........................................
115.15
115.11
76.90
69.62
79.18
87.69
Apr............................................
110 19
109.95
77.90
69.63
81.52
88.99
May................................................
111 98
111.47
79.65
71.02
83.57
92.21
Jun................................................
111 77
111.24
83.42
73.94
88.69
98.72
Jul....................................................
109 15
108.93
79.43
71.37
85.67
96.85
Aug...................................................
111 13
109.98
78.63
70.56
79.31
92.89
Sep.......................................
108.52
107.86
74.23
67.40
77.71
87.3
Oct...............................................
108 39
109.29
64.27
57.19
72.55
77.58
Nov......................................
115.15
115.36
66.07
58.69
72.25
75.43
Dec..........................................
118.97
118.93
68.13
59.82
71.38
73.90
Annual.................................................
111 91
111.99
74.46
66.45
78.91
86.12
(1)
Weighted average of weekly prices.
Source: Canfax
Source: Canfax
Table 58: Alberta Slaughter Cattle Prices, 2002-2012
$/100 Lbs. Live
10.00
30.00
50.00
70.00
90.00
110.00
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
$/100 Lbs. Live
Steers
Heifers
Cows D1/D2
Bulls
Fig. 29 Alberta Slaughter Cattle Prices, 2002-2012
Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook, 2012
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