Statistics Canada reports 11.1 million head at the start of the year— down 0.5 per cent from the beginning of 2021. The most eye-catching number is a four per cent drop in the number of beef heifers for breeding at 517,300 head. The dairy cow and heifer population was relatively steady at 1.4 million, while […]
Cattle marketings were light for the first week of 2022. The provincial weekly cattle market update says there were no feeder steer prices reported for the week. The average weekly feeder heifer prices were only reported for the over 800 pound weight category. The price for over 800 pound feeder heifers was 164 dollars […]
Saskatchewan cow-calf producers are hoping 2022 will be a turnaround year for the beef industry. Throughout 2021 the weather brought a widespread drought, water and feed shortages in many areas. Canadian Cattlemen’s Association President Bob Lowe, says there was also the irritation of seeing rising beef prices in the grocery store, while bids during the […]
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association welcomes more federal support for moving hay to the drought-stricken prairies. Federal Agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has promised an additional 3 million dollars to move hay from Eastern Canada to the prairies under the Canadian Federation of Agriculture HayWest program. Stock Growers general manager Chad MacPherson says the additional funding […]
Saskatchewan feeder steer prices were mixed across the weight categories this past week. Prices ranged from 243 dollars 80 cents for the 300 to 400 pound category to 173 dollars for the over 900 pound weight category. Feeder heifers were mostly down for the week. Prices ranged from 189 dollars 70 cents per hundredweight for […]
Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced almost 200 thousand dollars for the Verified Beef Production Plus program. The Verified Beef Production program is a voluntary certification program administered by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. The program certifies that beef cattle operations meet high standards of food safety, animal care and environmental stewardship. The funding will […]
Workers at a Cargill meatpacking plant in High River, Alberta, are scheduled to vote on a tentative deal only days away from a strike or lockout. The union says the deal offers the best food processing contract in Canada. Nearly 2,000 workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers vote on the tentative agreement […]
A Norwegian cattle producer is happy to back at Agribition in Regina this week. Erling Gresseth is the President of the Norwegian Beef Breeders Association and is enjoying his tenth visit to the livestock show. Gresseth is looking for livestock genetics to improve his herd. Gresseth says he has found some good genetics in Canada […]
The latest Saskatchewan cattle market update says feeder steer prices were lower across the board for all weight categories compared to the previous week. Prices ranged from 261 dollars 9 cents per hundredweight for the 300 to 400 pound weight category to 174 dollars 30 cents per hundredweight for the over 900 pound category. Feeder […]
Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices are showing downward pressure this past week. The acting provincial cattle specialist, Natasha Wilkie, says the majority of steer prices were moving down. She says prices ranged from 269 dollars 36 cents per hundredweight for the 300 to 400 pound weight category to 179 dollars 17 cents for the over 900 […]
