Canadian Livestock Prices and Federal Inspected Slaughter Figures USDA - Fri May 07, 1:01PM UTC WA_LS718
Des Moines, IA Fri May 07, 2021 USDA Market News
Canadian Livestock Prices and Federal Inspected Slaughter Figures
Info for Week Ending April 30, 2021
Area: Alberta Direct Sales, 4% Shrink
Slaughter Steers, mostly Choice and Select 1-3, 1300-1500 lbs 128.48
Slaughter Heifers, mostly Choice and Select 1-3, 1200-1400 lbs 127.76
Area: Alberta Auctions
Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs 78.07
Area: Ontario Auctions
Slaughter Steers, mostly Choice and Select 1-3, 1300-1500 lbs 119.88
Slaughter Heifers, mostly Choice and Select 1-3, 1200-1400 lbs 119.27
Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs 71.01
Average Feeder Cattle Prices:
Steers: Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario
04/30/21 04/23/21 04/30/21 04/23/21 04/30/21 04/23/21
501-600 lbs 192.97 188.73 191.10 189.58 185.58 180.81
601-700 lbs 175.50 173.81 174.48 173.92 169.47 173.31
701-800 lbs 162.60 160.14 160.85 160.29 157.11 162.02
801-900 lbs 147.06 146.03 145.76 147.19 148.18 150.49
Heifers:
401-500 lbs 171.51 170.29 169.41 165.32 157.68 151.90
501-600 lbs 165.21 163.62 162.64 159.82 153.96 149.47
601-700 lbs 152.43 152.20 150.44 149.32 148.07 141.91
701-800 lbs 143.23 142.35 141.25 139.79 134.43 133.72
Province Ontario
No. 2 220-240 lbs Hogs, quoted by Provincial Board 73.02
Alberta
No. 2 220-240 lbs Hogs, quoted by Western Hog Exchange 73.59
Source: CanFax, http://www.canfax.ca
All prices have been converted to U.S. $/CWT.
Exchange Rate: Canadian dollar equivalent to $0.8132 U.S. dollars
Grades changed to approximate U.S. equivalents
Canadian Federally Inspected Slaughter
Current Week Ago Year Ago YTD YTD %Change
05/01/21 04/24/21 05/02/20 2021 2020
Cattle: 63,953 60,783 24,096 1,043,879 927,431 12.6%
Calves: 3,046 3,120 2,993 52,996 54,257 -2.3%
Sheep: 2,033 2,472 2,632 44,133 47,247 -6.6%
Hogs: 396,152 434,885 418,175 7,250,216 7,025,971 3.2%
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Division, St. Joseph, MO
816-676-7000 email: stjoe.lpgmn@usda.gov
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