Weekly Livestock Market Review - March 24, 2006
The next weekly will be published on Friday, March 31, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit
CAN/US $ Mar24 85.66 Mar17 86.30 Mar25/05 82.28
BANK RATE % Mar21 4.00 Mar14 4.00 Mar22/05 2.75
CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Mar18/06(prel) Mar11/06(prel) Mar19/05
CANADA 67,509 68,039 80,022
EAST 17,981 18,818 18,459
WEST 49,528 49,221 61,563
ALBERTA 43,102 42,431 55,362
WEEK END Mar25/06(est) Mar18/06(est) Mar26/05
US 583,000 623,000 566,500
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END Mar18/06 Mar11/06 Mar19/05
A 50,405 51,082 68,264
B 934 951 801
D 4,926 5,111 1,941
E 552 672 236
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END Mar18/06 Mar11/06 Mar19/05
A 2.2% 2.3% 3.4%
AA 45.9% 43.3% 49.3%
AAA 51.9% 54.4% 47.3%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END Mar18/06(prel) Mar11/06(prel) Mar19/05
STEERS 25,889 25,113 41,067
HEIFERS 26,203 27,631 28,924
COWS 14,771 14,539 9,348
BULLS 646 756 598
CALVES 5,093 5,086 5,570
CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Mar24/2006
MTH LIVE CHG MTH FEEDER CHG
JUN 76.90 -0.97 MAR 103.45 -1.02
AUG 78.95 -0.95 APR 104.97 -0.68
OCT 82.77 -1.33 MAY 104.97 -1.23
DEC 85.10 -0.67 AUG 107.05 -0.70
FEB 87.12 -0.23 SEP 106.20 -0.70
APR 85.80 -0.40 OCT 105.42 -1.08
WEEK END Mar24/06 Mar17/06 Mar25/05
US FSP - US$/CWT 102.36 102.78 106.25
CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL Mar17/06 Mar10/06 Mar18/05
EAST-$/HEAD 90.29 90.29 90.86
WEST-$/HEAD 90.50 91.00 99.00
US-US$/CWT 7.98 8.04 8.13
CURRENTNESS Mar18/06 Mar11/06 Mar19/05
ALTA-A1% 56.8% 52.0% 63.5%
CAN-A1% 60.2% 56.9% 64.3%
FD:STR RATIO Mar17/06 Mar10/06 Mar18/05
ALTA BARLEY 37.2 38.2 32.6
Mar18/06 Mar11/06 Mar19/05
US CORN 46.3 45.3 47.7
AVG CARCASS WT Mar18/06 Mar11/06 Mar19/05
ALTA STR-LBS 859.0 848.0 831.0
CAN STR-LBS 859.0 852.0 834.0
US CATTLE-LBS 783.0 783.0 756.0
LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END Mar24/06 Mar17/06 Mar25/05
ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW 142.50 142.00 136.00
STR-HIGH 145.50 146.00 140.00
HFR-LOW 143.00 142.50 139.00
HFR-HIGH 145.00 146.00 140.90
ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 86.00-87.75 85.00-88.50 81.00-85.00
AVERAGE N/A 86.71 83.13
VOLUME N/A 13,424 12,647
HFR-RANGE 85.20-88.25 84.00-88.25 81.55-85.55
AVERAGE N/A 86.83 83.78
VOLUME N/A 8,634 7,942
OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
Mar24/06 Mar17/06 Mar25/05
STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 86.20-95.70 78.40-88.00
NEBRASKA* 86.00-86.75 85.00-85.66 90.00-92.00
HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 79.55-95.25 70.95-86.90
NEBRASKA* 85.50-86.75 85.00-86.00 89.00-92.00
COWS - D1,2
EDMONTON N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 28.00-41.00
SIOUX F* 54.50 55.50 61.50
800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
EDMONTON N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 82.00-88.00
PONOKA 98.00-106.00 95.00-103.00 84.00-87.75
S. ALTA 90.00-113.50 94.00-107.50 81.00-93.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 98.00-113.00 86.00-99.00
700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
EDMONTON N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 88.00-98.00
PONOKA 105.00-116.00 103.00-114.00 87.00-95.50
S. ALTA 100.00-124.75 100.00-119.00 87.00-108.75
C.NEBRAS* N/A-N/A 99.50-119.35 104.75-118.00
600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
EDMONTON N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 98.00-110.00
PONOKA 115.00-135.00 116.00-126.00 105.00-116.00
S. ALTA 110.00-138.50 112.00-139.00 88.00-121.00
500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
EDMONTON N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 108.00-118.00
PONOKA 132.00-144.00 124.00-135.00 110.00-125.00
S. ALTA 120.00-148.50 125.00-147.00 112.00-130.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 111.00-140.00 94.00-118.00
700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
EDMONTON N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 84.00-88.00
PONOKA 100.00-108.00 97.00-106.00 81.00-87.75
S. ALTA 90.00-114.00 97.00-108.50 75.25-99.00
500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
EDMONTON N/A-N/A N/A-N/A 97.00-105.00
PONOKA 112.00-130.00 108.00-120.00 100.00-108.75
S. ALTA 110.00-132.50 110.00-127.50 86.00-116.00
NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Mar17/2006
CATTLE FROM US TO US TO US TO US
SLTR SLTR FDR HOGS
CANADA 0 17,790 13,504 50,555
EAST 0 1,620 66 18,958
WEST 0 16,170 13,438 31,597
BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING Mar24/06 Mar17/06 Mar25/05
CALGARY-STRS 147-150 149-152 139-140
MONTREAL - A1 N/A N/A N/A
(NET DELIVERED)
US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END Mar24/06 Mar17/06 Mar25/05
CHOICE 7-850 N/A N/A N/A
SELECT 7-850 N/A N/A N/A
HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Mar18/06(prel) Mar11/06(prel) Mar19/05
CANADA 441,691 431,196 456,987
EAST 256,154 259,347 271,659
WEST 185,537 171,849 185,328
ALBERTA 71,576 59,723 61,002
WEEK END Mar25/06(est) Mar18/06(est) Mar26/05
US 1,943,000 2,009,000 1,948,600
HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END Mar23/06 Mar16/06 Mar24/05
ALTA AVG 1.135 1.171 1.428
ONT AVG N/A N/A 1.522
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END Mar24/06 Mar17/06 Mar25/05
US $/CWT N/A N/A N/A
CAN EQVT $/KG N/A N/A N/A
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT 61.21 62.54 71.05
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT CAN/US$ CLOSE Mar24/2006
MTH LEAN CHG MTH FUTURES CHG
APR 58.72 -0.38 JUN .8581 -0.0071
MAY 66.17 +0.17 SEP .8605 -0.0071
JUN 67.57 +0.55 DEC .8629 -0.0071
JUL 66.87 +0.30 MAR .8653 -0.0071
AUG 65.67 +0.12 JUN .8677 -0.0071
OCT 56.10 -0.40 SEP .8701 -0.0071
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END Mar18/06 Mar11/06 Mar19/05
AV DRSD WT US-LBS 203.0 203.0 202.0
FD:HOG RATIO Mar17/06Mar10/06Mar18/05
US CORN 30.7 30.7 34.2
Mar17/06 Mar10/06 Mar18/05
ALTA BARLEY 18.2 19.1 21.2
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Mar23/2006
MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS SHEEP
(95-115 LBS) (61-80 LBS) (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO 152.54-178.37 167.06-227.49 N/A
TEXAS (US$) N/A 94.50 49.50$/CWT
CENTRAL ALTA 129.60
(INNISFAIL)
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