Weekly Livestock Market Review - April 22, 2005
The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 29, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit
CAN/US $ Apr22 81.02 Apr15 80.52 Apr23/04 73.47
BANK RATE % Apr19 2.75 Apr12 2.75 Apr20/04 2.25
CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Apr16/05(prel) Apr09/05(prel) Apr17/04
CANADA 79,520 77,818 71,882
EAST 17,814 18,247 14,972
WEST 61,706 59,571 56,910
ALBERTA 55,367 53,470 52,060
WEEK END Apr23/05(est) Apr16/05(est) Apr24/04
US 600,000 586,000 638,800
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END Apr16/05 Apr09/05 Apr17/04
A 66,980 65,350 62,380
B 919 902 628
D 1,503 1,324 2,966
E 197 297 435
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END Apr16/05 Apr09/05 Apr17/04
A 3.7% 3.8% 3.6%
AA 46.2% 45.9% 43.6%
AAA 50.1% 50.4% 52.7%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END Apr16/05(prel) Apr09/05(prel) Apr17/04
STEERS 35,527 36,056 32,446
HEIFERS 33,353 31,116 31,317
COWS 9,717 9,862 7,504
BULLS 923 784 615
CALVES 5,331 5,828 5,857
CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Apr22/2005
MTH LIVE CHG MTH FEEDER CHG
MAY 85.20 +0.00 APR 110.47 +0.77
JUN 85.72 +1.30 MAY 106.90 +0.68
AUG 84.87 +1.37 AUG 107.87 +0.30
OCT 85.27 +0.75 SEP 106.95 +0.60
DEC 86.20 +0.35 OCT 105.85 +0.50
FEB 87.10 +0.58 NOV 104.80 +0.43
WEEK END Apr22/05 Apr15/05 Apr23/04
US FSP - US$/CWT 110.44 110.72 94.27
CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL Apr15/05 Apr08/05 Apr16/04
EAST-$/HEAD 91.51 91.51 95.36
WEST-$/HEAD 97.00 96.50 95.50
US-US$/CWT 8.33 8.25 8.26
CURRENTNESS Apr16/05 Apr09/05 Apr17/04
ALTA-A1% 65.4% 68.6% 60.5%
CAN-A1% 65.5% 68.4% 61.4%
FD:STR RATIO Apr15/05 Apr08/05 Apr16/04
ALTA BARLEY 31.1 32.8 24.3
Apr16/05 Apr09/05 Apr17/04
US CORN 50.0 50.1 30.1
AVG CARCASS WT Apr16/05 Apr09/05 Apr17/04
ALTA STR-LBS 807.0 815.0 827.0
CAN STR-LBS 815.0 821.0 845.0
US CATTLE-LBS 751.0 756.0 732.0
LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END Apr22/05 Apr15/05 Apr23/04
ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW 128.65 124.45 138.80
STR-HIGH 132.00 133.00 144.30
HFR-LOW 128.65 124.75 139.85
HFR-HIGH 132.00 130.00 144.00
ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 73.25-79.50 73.20-81.00 82.50-86.85
AVERAGE N/A 78.42 85.00
VOLUME N/A 17,803 12,557
HFR-RANGE 72.75-79.50 76.00-81.00 81.75-86.25
AVERAGE N/A 79.78 84.94
VOLUME N/A 10,688 3,833
OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
Apr22/05 Apr15/05 Apr23/04
STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 73.90-92.10 80.20-94.20
NEBRASKA* 91.00-94.00 90.50-92.00 85.00-88.00
HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 68.20-87.80 74.80-90.00
NEBRASKA* 93.00-94.50 91.00-92.50 85.00-86.75
COWS - D1,2
EDMONTON 15.00-22.00 15.00-22.00 15.00-31.00
SIOUX F* 63.75 62.75 57.50
800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
EDMONTON 80.00-90.00 80.00-90.00 88.00-97.00
PONOKA 85.00-89.00 84.00-89.00 95.00-101.00
S. ALTA 80.00-94.50 81.00-94.50 85.00-106.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 89.00-104.00 84.00-97.00
700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
EDMONTON 88.00-97.00 88.00-97.00 90.00-105.00
PONOKA 90.00-101.00 89.00-96.50 103.00-114.00
S. ALTA 85.00-103.50 80.00-105.00 88.00-110.75
C.NEBRAS* N/A-N/A 105.75-124.75 96.00-105.50
600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
EDMONTON 98.00-112.00 98.00-112.00 104.00-114.00
PONOKA 97.00-110.50 95.00-116.00 112.00-121.00
S. ALTA 90.00-120.50 82.00-118.50 100.00-122.60
500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
EDMONTON 100.00-110.00 100.00-114.00 106.00-117.00
PONOKA 109.00-119.00 110.00-122.50 114.00-127.00
S. ALTA 108.00-124.50 95.00-131.10 105.00-129.25
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 101.00-126.00 95.00-117.00
700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
EDMONTON 82.00-88.00 82.00-88.00 85.00-94.00
PONOKA 85.00-88.50 84.00-92.00 93.00-100.00
S. ALTA 75.50-94.00 80.00-96.00 80.00-104.00
500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
EDMONTON 86.00-98.00 86.00-98.00 95.00-105.00
PONOKA 90.00-100.00 94.00-111.00 104.00-112.00
S. ALTA 82.00-109.00 87.00-118.50 87.00-124.00
NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Apr08/2005
CATTLE FROM US TO US TO US TO US
SLTR SLTR FDR HOGS
CANADA 0 0 0 41,427
EAST 0 0 0 15,543
WEST 0 0 0 25,884
BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING Apr22/05 Apr15/05 Apr23/04
CALGARY-STRS N/A-N/A 138-141 142-147
MONTREAL - A1 N/A N/A 150
(NET DELIVERED)
US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END Apr22/05 Apr15/05 Apr23/04
CHOICE 7-850 N/A N/A 161.81
SELECT 7-850 N/A N/A 142.02
HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Apr16/05(prel) Apr09/05(prel) Apr17/04
CANADA 443,634 451,268 426,992
EAST 259,332 264,456 248,783
WEST 184,302 186,812 178,209
ALBERTA 61,041 62,199 60,056
WEEK END Apr23/05(est) Apr16/05(est) Apr24/04
US 1,970,000 1,993,000 1,952,100
HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END Apr21/05 Apr14/05 Apr22/04
ALTA AVG 1.535 1.511 1.586
ONT AVG N/A N/A 1.620
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END Apr22/05 Apr15/05 Apr23/04
US $/CWT N/A N/A N/A
CAN EQVT $/KG N/A N/A N/A
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT 67.72 68.26 70.52
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT CAN/US$ CLOSE Apr22/2005
MTH LEAN CHG MTH FUTURES CHG
MAY 75.22 -0.63 JUN .8102 +0.0076
JUN 75.90 -2.00 SEP .8119 +0.0076
JUL 76.50 -1.60 DEC .8138 +0.0076
AUG 74.62 -1.15 MAR .8156 +0.0076
OCT 63.30 -0.80 JUN .8174 +0.0076
DEC 60.95 +0.05 SEP .8192 +0.0076
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END Apr16/05 Apr09/05 Apr17/04
AV DRSD WT US-LBS 202.0 202.0 201.0
FD:HOG RATIO Apr15/05Apr08/05Apr16/04
US CORN 38.4 37.6 22.0
Apr15/05 Apr08/05 Apr16/04
ALTA BARLEY 21.7 20.9 15.2
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Apr21/2005
MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS SHEEP
(95-115 LBS) (61-80 LBS) (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO 123.29-155.77 138.73-179.14 N/A
TEXAS (US$) N/A 137.00 64.00$/CWT
CENTRAL ALTA 115.20
(INNISFAIL)
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