Weekly Livestock Market Review - August 04, 2006
The next weekly will be published on Friday, August 11, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit
CAN/US $ Aug04 88.73 Jul28 88.51 Aug05/05 82.05
BANK RATE % Aug01 4.50 Jul25 4.50 Aug02/05 2.75
CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Jul29/06(prel) Jul22/06(prel) Jul30/05
CANADA 58,919 58,246 68,324
EAST 18,246 15,715 16,925
WEST 40,673 42,531 51,399
ALBERTA 36,776 36,538 44,574
WEEK END Aug05/06(est) Jul29/06(est) Aug06/05
US 623,000 656,000 623,200
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END Jul29/06 Jul22/06 Jul30/05
A 47,244 47,046 58,923
B 1,076 1,104 1,112
D 3,197 3,865 2,459
E 453 566 411
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END Jul29/06 Jul22/06 Jul30/05
A 4.2% 4.2% 3.4%
AA 52.6% 52.3% 56.8%
AAA 43.2% 43.5% 39.9%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END Jul29/06(prel) Jul22/06(prel) Jul30/05
STEERS 33,955 32,934 43,049
HEIFERS 15,012 15,868 17,580
COWS 9,386 8,701 7,219
BULLS 566 743 696
CALVES 4,761 4,741 4,988
CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Aug04/2006
MTH LIVE CHG MTH FEEDER CHG
OCT 89.50 +1.35 AUG 115.12 +0.97
DEC 89.70 +1.25 SEP 115.25 +1.08
FEB 91.40 +1.03 OCT 115.45 +1.38
APR 89.57 +1.20 NOV 114.25 +1.38
JUN 84.55 +0.40 JAN 109.17 +0.57
AUG 84.75 +0.55 MAR 105.60 +0.80
WEEK END Aug04/06 Jul28/06 Aug05/05
US FSP - US$/CWT 113.68 114.37 109.02
CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL Jul28/06 Jul21/06 Jul29/05
EAST-$/HEAD 89.36 89.70 96.31
WEST-$/HEAD 93.00 94.50 92.50
US-US$/CWT 8.35 8.29 8.02
CURRENTNESS Jul29/06 Jul22/06 Jul30/05
ALTA-A1% 66.2% 62.3% 71.5%
CAN-A1% 66.9% 64.7% 71.7%
FD:STR RATIO Jul28/06 Jul21/06 Jul29/05
ALTA BARLEY 34.7 34.6 31.1
Jul29/06 Jul22/06 Jul30/05
US CORN 38.3 38.2 40.1
AVG CARCASS WT Jul29/06 Jul22/06 Jul30/05
ALTA STR-LBS 833.0 833.0 830.0
CAN STR-LBS 833.0 829.0 823.0
US CATTLE-LBS 783.0 783.0 779.0
LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END Aug04/06 Jul28/06 Aug05/05
ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW 135.00 136.50 142.50
STR-HIGH 138.25 139.05 145.00
HFR-LOW 135.00 136.50 140.00
HFR-HIGH 137.80 139.05 145.00
ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE 81.00-83.70 81.00-84.00 83.50-89.00
AVERAGE N/A 83.78 87.85
VOLUME N/A 12,144 27,672
HFR-RANGE 81.00-83.00 83.15-84.05 83.00-89.00
AVERAGE N/A 84.05 86.92
VOLUME N/A 4,885 10,088
OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
Aug04/06 Jul28/06 Aug05/05
STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 85.90-95.20 N/A-N/A
NEBRASKA* 80.00-82.00 79.00-80.50 78.45-82.50
HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 79.25-93.40 N/A-N/A
NEBRASKA* 80.00-82.50 78.00-80.75 79.63-82.50
COWS - D1,2
CLYDE 33.00-40.00 35.00-43.00 35.00-48.00
SIOUX F* 52.50 54.50 59.00
800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 105.00-118.50 110.00-120.00 109.00-118.00
PONOKA 110.00-121.00 116.00-122.50 108.00-118.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 106.00-116.00 84.00-119.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 98.00-109.00 N/A-N/A
700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 115.00-128.75 115.00-126.75 110.00-129.50
PONOKA 120.00-131.00 120.00-130.00 120.00-130.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 108.00-120.00 88.00-128.00
C.NEBRAS* N/A-N/A 114.75-125.50 113.50-127.00
600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 120.00-136.00 120.00-132.00 117.00-132.25
PONOKA 120.00-135.00 130.00-136.00 120.00-134.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 112.00-135.00 96.00-132.00
500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE 125.00-142.00 125.00-139.00 120.00-135.00
PONOKA 128.00-138.50 132.00-142.00 127.00-137.50
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 116.00-140.00 112.00-134.00
ONTARIO N/A-N/A 107.00-145.00 N/A-N/A
700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 105.00-119.00 108.00-118.50 108.00-118.25
PONOKA 105.00-117.50 106.00-117.00 102.00-114.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 101.00-114.00 97.00-114.00
500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE 120.00-129.50 125.00-134.00 110.00-124.50
PONOKA 115.00-125.00 118.00-127.50 116.00-124.00
STRATHMOR N/A-N/A 114.00-127.00 98.00-122.00
NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars
PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING Jul28/2006
CATTLE FROM US TO US TO US TO US
SLTR SLTR FDR HOGS
CANADA 78 7,350 2,874 41,637
EAST 78 584 129 15,448
WEST 0 6,766 2,745 26,189
BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING Aug04/06 Jul28/06 Aug05/05
CALGARY-STRS 140-142 142-145 142-142
CDA CUTOUT AAA N/A N/A 164.60
CDA CUTOUT AA/A N/A N/A 156.42
US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END Aug04/06 Jul28/06 Aug05/05
CHOICE 6-900 N/A 140.88 128.30
SELECT 6-900 N/A 123.69 121.16
HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END Jul29/06(prel) Jul22/06(prel) Jul30/05
CANADA 412,226 423,918 415,758
EAST 242,009 250,144 241,630
WEST 170,217 173,774 174,128
ALBERTA 61,916 62,809 61,086
WEEK END Aug05/06(est) Jul29/06(est) Aug06/05
US 1,902,000 1,906,000 1,828,100
HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END Aug03/06 Jul27/06 Aug04/05
ALTA AVG 1.344 1.308 1.447
ONT AVG N/A N/A 1.530
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END Aug04/06 Jul28/06 Aug05/05
US $/CWT N/A 64.82 68.07
CAN EQVT $/KG N/A 1.888 2.139
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT 73.50 70.31 72.66
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT CAN/US$ CLOSE Aug04/2006
MTH LEAN CHG MTH FUTURES CHG
AUG 69.97 +1.32 SEP .8874 +0.0026
OCT 61.65 +0.20 DEC .8902 +0.0027
DEC 59.80 +0.33 MAR .8929 +0.0027
FEB 61.12 +0.22 JUN .8956 +0.0027
APR 61.40 -0.30 SEP .8983 +0.0027
MAY 64.97 +0.52 DEC .9010 +0.0027
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END Jul29/06 Jul22/06 Jul30/05
AV DRSD WT US-LBS 199.0 199.0 196.0
FD:HOG RATIO Jul28/06Jul21/06Jul29/05
US CORN 30.5 32.6 35.8
Jul28/06 Jul21/06 Jul29/05
ALTA BARLEY 19.6 20.2 20.2
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Aug03/2006
MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS SHEEP
(95-115 LBS) (61-80 LBS) (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO 125.14-136.51 131.01-179.90 N/A
TEXAS (US$) N/A 104.00 34.50$/CWT
CENTRAL ALTA 120.00
(INNISFAIL)
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